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Rifleman WILLIAM GILLESPIE

Service Number: 23167
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Rifle Brigade

"B" Coy. 4th Bn. 3rd

Date of Death

Died 26 August 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. G. 12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Sarah S. Gillespie, of North Rd., Oamaru, New Zealand, and the late James John Gillespie. Born at Waimate, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1466
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