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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44880701 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47648479 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 95455 HERSEY 2595630 George D. BS #3 SOS-553-London Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Ft. Screvens September Automatic Replacement Draft Coast Artillery Corps Unit #1 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  8900 Grave #329, Row 8, Kilchoman Cty., Kilchoman, Islay, Argylls, Scotland. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mr. John Hersey, ( Brother), RFD.#2, Nicholls, Ga. Notified Emergency Address R.B. Sketch No. 5729 Photograph No. E-1824   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: Form 8 3/18/19, 1/15/20 - F#115   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/9/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Liverpool on 7/21/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 7/26/1920 aboard the Antigone Arrived at Hoboken, NJ on 8/7/1920 Shipped on 8/24/1920 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Received at Destination  on 8/25/1920 by Henry Kanich, Cem. Div. DQM Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  389 Section:    Authority File No. D:  95455 Reburied (date):  8/30/1920

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