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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44943379 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47669537 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 72119 PURDIE 4234791 Willie 392 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company B, 344th Labor Battalion Influenza Pneumonia following 12/10/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 12/17/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 288  9513 Grave 53, Amer. Plot, Row #3, Sect. O, Everton Cty., Liverpool, England. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Primas Purdie, Uncle,, Tarhill, N.C. Notified Emergency Address 4/25/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5822 Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: Form #8, 3-4-19, 1/14/20 F#115.   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/10/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Liverpool on 6/11/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 7/26/1920 aboard the Antigone Arrived at Hoboken, NJ on 8/7/1920 Shipped on 10/11/1920 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Received at Destination  on 10/12/1920 by H. T. Stancliff. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  149 Section:   Colored Authority File No. D:  72119 Reburied (date):  10/15/1920

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