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Sergeant EDWIN GEORGE GADSDEN

Service Number: 880
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Machine Gun Corps

4th Coy.

Date of Death

Died 16 August 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY

I. F. 21.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of George and Emily Gadsden, of Ballinamonia St., Fairfield, Victoria, Australia. Native of Northcote, Victoria.
  • Personal Inscription VICTORY NOBLY WON & FOR YOU MY DEAR SON DUTY NOBLY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1539
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