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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44551880 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47614492 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 4989 CAIRNS 1826972 John W. 192 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company G, 319th Infantry Accidental Grenade Explosion 7/1/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 299  7/2/1918 Desvres, Pas de Calaise, Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune G.R.S. ,Form #16. Desvres, French Com. Cem., Commune of Desvres, Dept. of Pas de Calais., Map Ref., Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  10/11/1918 Cemetery 170  20016 In:  Grave 27, Plot E, American Cemetery, Bonvillers, Oise Emergency Address Mrs. Liza Cairns, (Mother), Box. #33, Noblestown, Pa. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: /2/1920220 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 1/10/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Calais on 2/12/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 2/27/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 3/14/1921 Shipped on 3/28/1921 to A.A. Hemer, Undertaker, New Kensington, Pa. Received at Destination  on 3/29/1921 by Above

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