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Sapper LEWIS THORNTON

Service Number: 7651
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Engineers

4th Div. Signal Coy.

Date of Death

Died 28 September 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XXIV B. 10A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Lewis and Cecilia Thornton, of 35, Garfield St., North Richmond, Victoria, Australia. Native of Melbourne, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription OH MY SON WOULD GOD I HAD DIED FOR THEE MY LOVED SON
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