California

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There are 20 burials in California.

Sapper Walter Cochrane died on 24 April 1920 and is buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Colma.

Sergeant Ernest Crossthwaite died on 8 January 1919 and is buried in Greenlawn Memorial Park, Colma.

Private Harold Davis died on 16 February 1921 and is buried in Chapel of the Pines Crematory, Los Angeles.

Private James Henry Garforth died on 21 October 1919 and is buried in Greenlawn Memorial Park, Colma.

Private Eugene Gilbert died on 10 January 1919 and is buried in San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco.

Sapper James A. Gray died on 9 December 1919 and is buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Fresno.

Surgeon Lieutenant Commander John Hadwen died on 23 October 1918 and is buried in Greenwood Memorial Park, San Diego.

Sapper John Thomas Hall died on 28 November 1918 and is buried in Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery, Santa Rosa.

Sergeant Raymond Thomas Hickes died on 9 February 1921 and is buried in Sierra Madre Pioneer Cemetery, Sierra Madre.

Leading Seaman James Frederick Hynes died on 5 December 1919 and is buried in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego.

Second Lieutenant Robert le Roy Jacks died on 11 September 1918 and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego.

Sergeant George Hugh MacKenzie died on 5 June 1921 and is buried in Sunnyside Cemetery, Long Beach.

Lance Corporal Neil McGovern died on 4 December 1920 and is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma.

Sapper Joseph Henry Nutter died on 12 June 1920 and is buried in Alto Mesa Cemetery, Palo Alto.

Private Hubert Nelson Passells died on 4 February 1921 and is buried in San Gorgonio Memorial Park, Banning.

Lieutenant Norman Travers Simpkin served in 2nd Light Horse Regiment with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli, where he was wounded. Later, he was commissioned into the British Army and served in France with the Royal Field Artillery. He retired, sick, in 1917 and died in California on 18 August 1919. He is buried in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma. His Commonwealth War Graves Commission record is here.

Corporal Monty Brown Tallett died on 4 October 1920 and is buried in Greenlawn Memorial Park, Colma.

Chief Petty Officer William Hellyer Turner died on 22 December 1917 and is buried in Mare Island Naval Cemetery, Vallejo.

Private Septimus Waring died on 10 July 1921 and his ashes are interred in the Chapel of Light Columbarium, Fresno.

Sapper Frank Wilsoni died on 15 January 1920 and is buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Colma.

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