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Lieutenant JOHN NUEL SWANN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

45th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 June 1917

Age 45 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY

VI. C. 30.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of John and Celia Swann; husband of Helen G. Swann, of 32, Cornwallis Crescent, Clifton, Bristol, England Native of Cheltenham, England.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR FREEDOM
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Buried or commemorated at

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