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Sergeant HERBERT LEAR

Service Number: 2060
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Pioneers

1st

Date of Death

Died 26 October 1917

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XXII. C. 2.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Of Manchester, England. Son of John Wesley Hugh Lear and Sarah Lear, of "Gowan Brae," 14, Allen St., Arncliffe, Sydney, New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription WE THINK OF HIS LIFE A DUTY DONE MANLY, UNSELFISH & BRAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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