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Trooper WILLIAM EDWARD McCANN

Service Number: 1628
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Light Horse

2nd

Date of Death

Died 11 April 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

M. 114.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of John and Margaret McCann, of Bennett's Rd., Cooparoo, Queensland. Born at Brisbane.
  • Personal Inscription NOT LOST BUT GONE BEFORE
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Buried or commemorated at

CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2411
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