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| The Commonwealth War Graves Commission website (http://yard.ccta.gov.uk/cwgc) entry reads: In Memory of George Albert Mundy Private 2245 3rd Bn., Australian Infantry, A.I.F who died on Saturday, 19th August 1916. Age 21. Additional Information: Son of Amor Samuel and Ellen Florence Mundy, of "Bromsgrove," 27, Stanley, Leichhardt, New South Wales. Native of Sydney, New South Wales. Cemetery: BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT, Somme, France Grave Reference/Panel Number: I. P. 3. Location: Becourt is in the Department of the Somme, 2 kilometres on the east side of Albert. The Military Cemetery is on the south side of the road from Becourt to Albert. Historical Information: The Military Cemetery was begun in August, 1915, by the 51st (Highland) Division, and carried on by the 18th and other Divisions in the line until the Battles of the Somme, 1916. It continued in use, chiefly by Field Ambulances, until April, 1917; and Plot II was made by the 18th Division at the end of August, 1918. There are now over 700, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified and a special memorial is erected to a soldier from the United Kingdom buried among them. Three German graves have been removed. The cemetery covers an area of 4,327 square metres and is enclosed by a rubble wall. | ||||||||||||||||
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