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Corporal WILLIAM JOHN DOUGLAS McELHINNEY

Service Number: 28035
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Engineers

17 Rly. Operating Coy.

Date of Death

Died 10 June 1943

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY

5. B. 8.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary McElhinney, of Edendale, Southland, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 1830
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