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Lance Corporal JOSEPH SWEENEY

Service Number: 2759259
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 July 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

13. J. 20.

Myanmar

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Daniel and Catherine Sweeney, of Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription FOR HIM, VIRGIN MOTHER, PLEAD; FOR HIM, ST.JOSEPH, INTERCEDE. R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 6445
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