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Rifleman JOHN HEGARTY

Service Number: 979
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 January 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-SUR-LA-LYS CANADIAN CEMETERY

I. D. 76.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Hegarty, of Donegal; husband of Elizabeth Hegarty, of Back St., Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal.
  • Personal Inscription SON OF JOSEPH & ELIZABETH HEGARTY BORN 9-8-1887 NATIVE OF DONEGAL TOWN
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Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-SUR-LA-LYS CANADIAN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 314
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