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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44547432 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47609950 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 113543 BLACKBURN Homer A. 9555 from Commander Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Fireman First Class USS. Gypsum Queen USN Sinking of the Gypsum Queen 4/28/1919 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 19-B  40181 Grave 446, Row # 5, Plot “C”, Brest, Finistere, France Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address John Arthur Blackburn, 413 So. Harris Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. Notified Emergency Address R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross    Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: Authority 8-W-A dated 10-8-21 from Navy Department, F115 12/6/21 743   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 9/24/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 11/17/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 12/4/1921 aboard the St. Mihiel Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #56 on 12/16/1921 Shipped on 12/1/1921 to Mr James E. Conley (Undertaker), Brooklyn, N.Y. Received at Destination  on 12/20/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 11/3/1922

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