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Able Seaman JOSEPH E. CORCORAN

Service Number: P/JX 236557
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Capetown.

Date of Death

Died 10 August 1943

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

8. L. 3.

Iraq

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Michael and Jane Elizabeth Corcoran, of Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription "WE HAVE LOVED HIM IN LIFE, LET US NOT FORGET HIM IN DEATH"
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Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 3071
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