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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44549004 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47611747 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 17781 BRAILSFORD 136394 William J. 421 Sub Par 5 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Battery B, 103rd Field Artillery Died of Wounds rec'd in air raid 7/25/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune C-79  Reburied 9/7/1918 Islated, Cmme. Mezy, (Aisne), SHT 49 NE  E191.1, N260.6 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 606  9431 Grave , #20, American B/A Cty., Mezy Moulins, Aisne. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery 608 608  In:  Emergency Address Mrs. WIlliam Brailsford, (Mother), 211 Howell St. Providence, R. I. Notified Emergency Address 2/20/1919, 5/10/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5795 Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: F 115 - 12/3/20 - 324   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 1/13/1922 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 1/17/1922 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 2/3/1922 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #59 on 2/14/1922 Shipped on 3/1/1922 to Mr. J. Will Carpenter & Son, 85 Plainfield St., Providence, R. I. Received at Destination  on 3/1/1922 by Above Emergency address notified on 4/29/1922

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