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Private JOHN JOSEPH ROONEY

Service Number: 3711197
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 May 1941

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HABBANIYA WAR CEMETERY

1. A. 1.

Iraq

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Elizabeth Rooney, of Dublin, Irish Republic.
  • Personal Inscription LOVING MEMORIES ARE ALL THAT IS LEFT OF A SON THAT I LOVED AND CAN NEVER FORGET
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Buried or commemorated at

HABBANIYA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 290
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