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Sapper ALFRED RUPERT THURYGILL

Service Number: 8180
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Engineers

4th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 06 December 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERNAFAY WOOD BRITISH CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN

F. 49.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Thurygill, of 1, Bedford Cottages, Belmont Rd., Westgate-on-Sea, Kent, England. Born Margate, England.
  • Personal Inscription HE HEARD THE CALL AND CAME BACK TO FIGHT FOR US
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Buried or commemorated at

BERNAFAY WOOD BRITISH CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN
Somme France
Number of casualties: 945
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