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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44828447 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47622956 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 35462 DONOVAN 1204374 John J. 290 Rank New York Organization 27th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company F, 105th Infantry Killed in Action 9/29/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/1/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 645  20720 Grave 21, Plot 2, Row G,(St. Emilie British Amer. Military),Villers-Faucon, (Somme) Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  1/13/1921 Cemetery 645  30119 In:  Grave 14, Row A, Plot 1, St. Emilie British American Cemetery, Villers Faucon, Somme Emergency Address Mrs. Hannah Donovan (mother), 360 West 53rd St.,, New York City. Notified Emergency Address 12/14/1918, 107/7/191420 R.B. Sketch No. 5086 Photograph No. B-1032   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: No wife. Mother prev. reported Hattie Donavan. Mr. John Donovan, Father, Same E/a   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Somme American Cemetery Grave:  11 Row:   1 Block:   D Authority File No. D:  70238 Reburied (date):  8/30/1922 E/A notified (date):  3/15/1927 Prior Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  636 - Somme American Cemetery Grave:  12 Row:   1 Block:   D Authority File No. D:  61292 Reburied (date):  8/30/1922

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