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Private EDWARD JAMES ELY

Service Number: 4258
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

30th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 September 1917

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XXV. AA. 5A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Joshua and Charlotte Ely; husband of Alice Ely, of Springwood, New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT OTHERS SHOULD LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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