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Captain WILLIAM SHEPHEARD LAIDLEY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Field Artillery

1st Bde.

Date of Death

Died 22 August 1918

Buried or commemorated at

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V. B. 31.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Shepheard Edgecliff Laidley and Ethel Frances Laidley, of 7, O'Connell St., Sydney, New South Wales. Native of Woollahra, New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription WE THANK THEE FOR THE BRAVE AND FAITHFUL DEAD
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Buried or commemorated at

DAOURS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1231
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