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Rifleman ERIC LANE SIMS

Service Number: 44315
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Rifle Brigade

2nd Bn. 3rd

Date of Death

Died 26 August 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. F. 26.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph Augustus and Rebekah Sims, of 1, St. Andrews Rd., Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand. Born in Paraguay, South America.
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Buried or commemorated at

ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1466
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