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Sapper JOHN LYELL

Service Number: 6095
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Engineers

15th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 20 July 1916

Buried or commemorated at

RUE-DU-BOIS MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX

II. A. 1 (Coll.)

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of David and Isabella Lyell. Native of Fifeshire, Scotland.
  • Personal Inscription HIS BIG KIND HEART WAS HIS GREATEST ENEMY
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Buried or commemorated at

RUE-DU-BOIS MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 846
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