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Private WILLIAM SHARPLES

Service Number: 3134
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 October 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY

I. E. 79.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of William and Emma Sharples, of 141, Anderson St., Yarraville, Victoria, Australia. Native of Bolton, England.
  • Personal Inscription FOR DUTY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2614
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