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Second Lieutenant FRANCIS GERALD RUSSELL

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Flying Corps

Date of Death

Died 28 January 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS

III. K. 15.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and Royal Field Artillery
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Herbert H. Russell and Rachel Russell, of New Zealand and Torquay.
  • Personal Inscription I BARE YOU ON EAGLES WINGS & BROUGHT YOU UNTO MYSELF
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Buried or commemorated at

A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3647
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