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Rifleman WILLIAM LEAN

Service Number: 45353
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Rifle Brigade

2nd Bn., 3rd

Date of Death

Died 12 October 1917

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TYNE COT CEMETERY

XXVIII. C. 4.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of James and Grace Lean, of Gowry Place, Roslyn, Dunedin, New Zealand. Native of Scotland.
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Buried or commemorated at

TYNE COT CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 11978
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