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Corporal Alfred Benjamin Needham

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Military service

Service number: 92987
Age: 40
Rank: Corporal
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Garrison Artillery
Division: 98th Siege Bty.
Birth: October 15, 1876 Melbourne, Australia
Enlistment: November 22, 1915 Prince Edward Island
Death: October 27, 1916 Longueval, France

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: G. 7
Additional information

Son of Margaret Leishman Needham (nee McFarlane) and Frederick William Needham of Malvern, Victoria, Australia.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 141 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LONGUEVAL ROAD CEMETERY Somme, France

Longueval is a village in the Department of the Somme, 11 kilometres east of Albert. Travel north-east from Albert on the D929 in the direction of Bapaume. After 10 kilometres take the D6 in the direction of Martinpuich and follow signs for Longueval. From Longueval crossroads continue in the direction of Maricourt, D197, for 800 metres. LONGUEVAL ROAD CEMETERY is situated on the left hand side of the road.

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