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Gunner MATTHEW RUSSELL

Service Number: 1864
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Field Artillery

1st

Date of Death

Died 17 December 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

E. 335.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of George and Margaret Russell, of New Primrose, Germiston, Transvaal.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED SON OF MRS. MARGARET RUSSELL AND GEORGE RUSSELL GERMISTON GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2004
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