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Lance Serjeant JOHN FRANCIS MURPHY

Service Number: 7072
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Connaught Rangers

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 August 1917

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE CHATEAU LAWN CEMETERY

E. 24.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Anne Murphy, of 2, Wolfetone Terrace, Athlone.
  • Personal Inscription HE BRAVELY ANSWERED HIS DUTY'S CALL HIS LIFE HE GAVE FOR ONE AND ALL. R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE CHATEAU LAWN CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 229
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