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Bombardier JAMES HENRY VAN PROOYEN

Service Number: 6858
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Field Artillery

4th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 10 August 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PERTH CEMETERY (CHINA WALL)

II. F. 33.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of James Henry van Prooyen, of 36, Davison St., Richmond, Victoria, Australia. Born in Melbourne.
  • Personal Inscription LORD HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL
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Buried or commemorated at

PERTH CEMETERY (CHINA WALL)
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2798
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