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Private GEORGE ALFRED THORNTON

Service Number: 42230
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 December 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XXVI. BB. 11A.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of George William and the late Margaret Thornton. Late of Mangawai, New Zealand.
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LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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