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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44880825 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47648628 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 74067 HESTER 2595474 James B. BS #3 SOS Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Ft. Screvens September Automatic Replacement Draft Coast Artillery Corps Unit #2 Sinking of Otranto 10/6/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 749  8892 Grave 97, Row 3, Kilchoman Cty., Kilchomna Islay, Argylls, Scotland. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Claude Hester, (Mother), 1240 Ellis St., Augusta, Ga. Notified Emergency Address 8/17/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5729 Photograph No. E 1937   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: Form 8, 3/4/19, 1/15/20 F 115.   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/13/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Liverpool on 7/21/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/26/1920 aboard the Antigone Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/7/1920 Shipped on 8/28/1920 to W. Ed. Platt, 534 Bread St., Augusta, Ga. Received at Destination  on 8/30/1920 by Above

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