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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44943381 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47669538 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 36335 PURDON 1980629 Ernest C. 289 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Machine Gun Company, , 120th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 10/1/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/4/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 51-A  3711 Grave 13, Plot 6, Row G, Tincourt British Mil. Cty., Tincourt, Somme. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Miss May Purdon, sister,, 3159 Washington St., Chicago, Ill. Notified Emergency Address 12/12/1918 R.B. Sketch No. 5452 Photograph No. B 13168   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 1/10/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Calais on 2/24/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 3/21/1921 aboard the Cambrai Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #39 on 4/3/1921 Shipped on 4/19/1921 to Frank Purdon 307 Wood St., Maysville, Ky. Received at Destination  on 4/23/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 1/12/1922

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