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Lance Corporal JUSTIN SHINE McCARTHY

Service Number: 11534
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

105th Coy.

Date of Death

Died 20 July 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Justin and Annie McCarthy, of Inch House, Annascaul, Co. Kerry. Educated at Blackrock College, Co. Dublin. Won two Exhibitions (1906 and 1907). Won Nutting Scholarship for 1908 (Trinity College, Dublin) and 50 prize. Came from Venezuela to enlist.
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