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Lance Corporal WALTER GEORGE ORMSBY

Service Number: 23/248
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Rifle Brigade

1st Bn. 3rd

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1916

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BULLS ROAD CEMETERY, FLERS

III. E. 28.

France

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of George and Christine Ormsby, of Patea, Taranaki, New Zealand. Native of Greymouth, New Zealand Also served in Egypt.
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Buried or commemorated at

BULLS ROAD CEMETERY, FLERS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 771
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