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Rifleman COLIN McONIE

Service Number: 26661
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Rifle Brigade

3rd Bn. 3rd

Date of Death

Died 07 June 1917

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY

Spec. Memorial C. 14.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Peter and Mary McOnie, of Forest Lake Avenue, Frankton Junction, New Zealand. Native of Owaka, Otago, New Zealand.
  • Personal Inscription THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1539
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