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Corporal NAPOLEON SYLVESTER ECCLESTON

Service Number: 2145
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

55th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 September 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

IV. B. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Napoleon Callistus Eccleston and Theresa Catherine Eccleston, of Dalgety Post Office, New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription JUST AN AUSTRALIAN HERO ONE OF GOD'S BRAVEST AND BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1697
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