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Major CHARLES LESLIE SOMMERVILLE

Service Number: 16038
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Wellington Mounted Rifles, N.Z.E.F.

2nd Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 02 April 1918

Age 44 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY

J. 1.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Col. J. R. Sommerville; husband of Kathleen Sommerville, of St. John's Hill, Wanganui, New Zealand. Served two years in the South African War, where he received his Captaincy.
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JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 2540
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