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Private WILLIAM RITCHIE

Service Number: 7071
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 August 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

VII. H. 15.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of John and Florence Emmeline Ritchie, of 19, Gillies St., Ballarat West, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2139
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