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Private JOHN ROBERT BURGIS

Service Number: 1895
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 July 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

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I. L. 41.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Walter Ernest and Mary Elizabeth Burgis, of Glen Wood, Glen Innes, New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription TO HAVE,TO LOVE THEN TO PART IS THE SADDEST THING TO HUMAN HEART
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Somme France
Number of casualties: 888
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