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Private JOHN WILLIAM RIGBY

Service Number: 1724
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

48th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 April 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEAULENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, LIGNY-THILLOY

III. G. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Elizabeth Rigby, of Meningie, South Australia, and the late John Thomas Rigby.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED AS HE WISHED FOR KING AND COUNTRY HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

BEAULENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, LIGNY-THILLOY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 736
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