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Sergeant William Robert “Will” Looker

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Sergeant William Robert “Will” Looker Veteran

Birth
Murrumbeena, Glen Eira City, Victoria, Australia
Death
27 Nov 1916 (aged 23)
France
Burial
Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France GPS-Latitude: 49.4102745, Longitude: 1.0667864
Plot
O. II. V. 5.
Memorial ID
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Suggested edit:
Veteran of Gallipoli and Western Front campaigns, wounded in the line at Bapaume on 3 November 1916 and died of his wounds in a Rouen military hospital.
Contributor: nettlyne (47486944) • [email protected]
He had three brothers that served in the War. Two returned home but one died in Malta in 1915.
Suggested edit:
Veteran of Gallipoli and Western Front campaigns, wounded in the line at Bapaume on 3 November 1916 and died of his wounds in a Rouen military hospital.
Contributor: nettlyne (47486944) • [email protected]
He had three brothers that served in the War. Two returned home but one died in Malta in 1915.

Inscription

Australian Infantry, A.I.F., 5th Bn., Service No: '917'

12/7/2017 Linda Pearce (#49080073) suggestion:
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The plaque is located at Springvale Cemetery, Victoria Australia. His parents and siblings are also buried there.
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Gravesite Details

SON OF GEORGE ARTHUR AND FANNY ROSINA LOOKER, OF "YAMBEE," NEERIM RD., MURRUMBEENA, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.



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  • Created by: BobBoston
  • Added: Jul 7, 2015
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148802494/william_robert-looker: accessed ), memorial page for Sergeant William Robert “Will” Looker (28 Sep 1893–27 Nov 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 148802494, citing Saint Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; Maintained by BobBoston (contributor 46926159).