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In loving memory of
My comrade
No 1870 Cpl A. E. Button
51st Batt A.I.F.
"Thy will be done"
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St Mary Codford St Mary
Wiltshire
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Albert James
Button
1892
Melbourne, Australia
23rd November 1916
Killed accidentally in a training bomb explosion at No 4 Camp, Codford and confirmed dead at No 3 New Zealand Hospital, Codford
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St Mary's churchyard, Codford St Mary, Wiltshire
First World War
Corporal
51st Battalion Australian Imperial Force
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