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Corporal FRANCIS RICHARD DESMOND

Service Number: VX17018
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Engineers

A.I.F. 2/8 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 26 July 1942

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY

4. A. 24.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Henry William and Josephine Desmond; husband of Aileen Pearl Desmond, of Albert Park, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription DUTY NOBLY DONE. LOVED BY ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
Bayern Germany
Number of casualties: 2970
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