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Corporal MATTHEW ROACH

Service Number: 494
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

25th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 August 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

II. C. 66.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Roach, of Mittagang Rd., Cooma, New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription ETERNAL REST GRANT HIM, LORD AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1763
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