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Sergeant GEORGE HENRY GATES

Service Number: 7572
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

34th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 August 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACON CEMETERY, SAILLY-LAURETTE

VI. G. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur Henry and Elizabeth Temperance Gates, of "Arlington," Greenacre Rd., Hurstville, New South Wales. Native of Petersham.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF GEORGE ELDEST SON OF MR.& MRS.GATES OF HURSTVILLE
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Buried or commemorated at

BEACON CEMETERY, SAILLY-LAURETTE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 772
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