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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44554390 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47616648 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 55072 CHRISTOPHER 1645891 Ellis 319 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company A, 340th Machine Gun Battalion Broncho Pneumonia & Gas 11/9/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 11/10/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 85  238 Grave 121-B, Amer. Cty., Mars sur Allier, Nievre Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/13/1919 Cemetery 395  10177 In:  Grave 142, American Cemetery, Nevers, Nièvre Emergency Address Mrs. Edna Christopher (mother), Vacaville, California Notified Emergency Address 12/24/1918, Form 107: 12/2/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5689 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 10/14/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Bordeaux on 10/20/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 11/29/1920 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, NJ on 12/15/1920 Shipped on 1/11/1921 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Received at Destination  on 1/12/1921 by J. V. Ingram Capt. Q.M.C. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  1096 Section:    Authority File No. D:  55072 Reburied (date):  1/14/1921

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