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Joseph Lythgoe

Details

Forename Joseph
Surname Lythgoe
Middle Name
Memorial Standish Cenotaph
Age 27
Address New South Wales, Australia / Darlington Street, Wigan
Parents' Address 4 Gidlow Houses, Standish
Township Standish
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Giants Hall Pit Wigan Coal & Iron Company pre emigration
Regiment Australian Expeditionary Force 17th Batt
Day of Death 12
Month of Death May
Year of Death 1918
Cause of Death Shot through the head and killed by a sniper
Place of Burial Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Regiment Number 1173A
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Embarked from Australia in 1915

Ref: CWGC, Ancestry, WO 21/9/18