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Bombardier ROBERT EDWARD BIRT

Service Number: 1391
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Field Artillery

11th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 22 July 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BUS HOUSE CEMETERY

F. 20.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Robert John and Elizabeth Ellen Birt, of Molendinar, Queensland. From London, England.
  • Personal Inscription THE DUST RETURNS TO EARTH THE SPIRIT TO GOD WHO GAVE IT ECCLES. 12

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Buried or commemorated at

BUS HOUSE CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 287
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