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Gunner WILLIAM JAMES OVERSON

Service Number: 6986
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Field Artillery

4th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 29 March 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE

Div. 19. V. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of James and Elizabeth Overson, of 4, Creswick St., Footscray, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription ROCK OF AGES CLEFT FOR ME LET ME HIDE MYSELF IN THEE
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Buried or commemorated at

STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE
Seine-Maritime France
Number of casualties: 2063
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