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Private ERIC ERNEST PREECE

Service Number: 6/3131
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

"C" Coy. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 September 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS

III. A. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest and Ela Preece, of "Avalon", Hills Rd., Heathcote, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3647
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