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Sergeant JOHN MICHAEL McCARTHY

Service Number: 1797927
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

100 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 19 July 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

20. A. 1.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Mary McCarthy, of Crumlin, Dublin, Irish Republic.
  • Personal Inscription 'TIS SWEET TO REMEMBER A SON SO DEAR, THOUGH ABSENT FROM ME HE IS ALWAYS NEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 7671
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