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Private J RAFTER

Service Number: 5580
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Regiment

1st Garrison Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 April 1917

Age 47 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SYRA NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

II. D. 9.

Greece

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Rafter; husband of Mary McCarty (formerly Rafter), of Moore St., Rathdownby, Queen's Co.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE SO THAT HIS FAMILY COULD LIVE IN PEACE AND HONOUR
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Buried or commemorated at

SYRA NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Greece
Number of casualties: 111
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