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Driver ARTHUR POYNTZ HIRST

Service Number: 1539
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Field Artillery

4th Div. Ammunition Col.

Date of Death

Died Between 21 June 1916 and 22 June 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY

Plot E. Row 1. Grave 4.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur Charles and Maria Laura Hirst, of Hobart, Tasmania.
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Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 943
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