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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44547237 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47609761 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 109896 BIRKETT 125887 George R. 613 SP 5 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Battery C, 6th Field Artillery Gunshot Wound, Evac. Hospital #27 7/6/1919 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 7/8/1919 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 802  11580 Plot #1, Section A, Grave # 11, American Cty., Coblenz, Germany. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mr. Lester Birkett, (Father), Washington, Ill. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 3/27/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 6158 Photograph No. J-565   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Information received from A.G.O. by phone 3-27-20   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/10/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/10/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/3/1920 aboard the Princess Matoika Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/21/1920 Shipped on 7/29/1920 to Lester P. Birkett, Washington, Ill. Received at Destination  on 7/31/1920 by Above

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