Nine Elms Cemetery, Belgium – Cheltenham war memorial archive

Nine Elms British Cemetery Poperinghe, Belgium
Location: Poperinghe, Belgium
Visited: See Note below	“Cheltonians” buried in this Cemetery: 1

“Cheltonians” buried in this Cemetery
	CSM Herbert Edwin PAYNE, 2nd Battalion Australian Infantry, is buried in Plot VIII, Row E, Grave 2. He was wounded in action on 6th November 1917 during the Battle of Passchendaele and died of these wounds on 9th November 1917 in a medical unit in Poperinghe. He was 28. CSM Payne is commemorated on the Cheltenham War Memorial. His parents, Jeremiah and Eliza Payne, resided at 97 Lindon Street, Gloucester and he left a widow, Florence, who was residing at Belmont House, Winchcombe Street, Cheltenham.
	CSM Herbert Edwin Payne 2nd Battalion Australian Infantry 1888 – 1917

Notes:

1. Mr Aurel Sercu is acknowledged with thanks for permission to use the photos of the cemetery and headstone taken in November 2004.

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