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Private WILLIAM SAWREY GILPIN

Service Number: 8/4130
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 July 1916

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY

Plot E. Row 3. Grave 11.

France

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. and the late W. S. Gilpin, of Digby, Nova Scotia.
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CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 943
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