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World War 1 , Europe, France, Warloy-Baillon, HEPPINGSTONE, 1917

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1917

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View of memorial cross to 3062 Bombardier Claude Heppingstone

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3062 Bombadier Claude Athol Heppingstone of Brunswick Junction enlisted on 7 October 1914 as a Driver with the Divisional Ammunition Column. He departed Fremantle on HMAT A7 Medic on 2 November 1914. He died of wounds at Pozieres France on 23 July 1916 while serving with a Trench Mortar Battery. He is buried in the Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension.
He was a member of Canning;s second expedition 1908-10 to equip the Canning Stock Route.
https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=135159
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=5476609

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cwa-org-32-P1989.31.1b

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War and Conflict > World War 1

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