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Private CECIL ROBERT ATHERTON

Service Number: 5540
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

21st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 March 1917

Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

VI. E. 13.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel Charles and Rose Atherton. Native of Dunolly, Victoria, Australia.
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Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2167
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