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Private JOSEPH McGREGOR TOWNSEND

Service Number: 2915
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Pioneers

4th

Date of Death

Died 02 September 1916

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY

III. C. 29.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas George and Lillian May Townsend, of "Langside," Phillip St., Auburn, New South Wales. Native of Sydney.
  • Personal Inscription HE LIVED AS HE DIED A HERO BELOVED BY ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1968
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