1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS - North Africa, Missing Personnel file Believed Killed in Action STATEMENT BY No. 2719527 Lance-Sergeant WYLIE, D.C.M., 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS ON THE DEATH OF No. 2718799 C.S.M. KINANE, M. On 27 April 1943 I was with C.S.M. KINANE laying a minefield. A mortar bomb dropped beside us and on examination of the C.S.M. I found he had been wounded at the base of the skull. I felt for pulse beats and there was none. Without doubt C.S.M. KINANE was definitely killed. Signed L/Sgt J WYLIE, 1st Battalion IRISH GAURDS Field, 8 May 1943
Army Number: 2718799 Rank: Lance Serjeant Name: M KINANE Unit: 1 Irish Guards GSM & Clasp: GSM, Palestine Clasp 1936 - 1939 TNA Reference: WO 100/503
Casualty Warrant Officer Class II (C.S.M.) KINANE, MICHAEL ALBERT Service Number 2718799 Died 27/04/1943 Aged 24 1st Bn. Irish Guards Son of John and Mary Kinane; husband of Mary Ann Kinane. Buried at MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY Location: Tunisia Cemetery/memorial reference: III. K. 12. See cemetery plan
