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• Name GAUNT
• Initials A
• First name ALBERT
• Place of birth Dewsbury Moor
• Country Yorkshire, England
• Family Son of Richard and Sarah Jane Gaunt, of 40, Heckmondwyke Rd., Dewsbury Moor, Yorks; Brother of Harry (died 27/07/1918, buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery, France) and Emma.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 22 May 1916, Dewsbury, Yorkshire
• Service number 40887
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 8th Bn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
• Division - Brigade 48th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 16th Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career Formerly 4554, Highland Light Infantry.

Death

• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds on elbow, hand and complicated fracture on left thigh in n°3 Canadian CCS
• Date of death 8 August 1917
• Died at the age of 27
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XVI - K - 22

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