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Sapper ROBERT ROONEY

Service Number: 2012231
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

991 Docks Operating Coy.

Date of Death

Died 17 June 1943

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY

8. C. 18.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert John and Catherine Rooney, of Plantation, Glasgow; husband of Selina McFarlane Rooney.
  • Personal Inscription ONLY GOD ABOVE CAN SEE HOW MUCH HIS ABSENCE MEANS TO ME
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Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 1240
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