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2720811 Guardsman James O’SHEA, 1 Irish Guards: 28/04/1943

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    Date of Enlistment: 1940
    Date of Death: 28 April 1943

    Army Number: 2720811
    Rank: Guardsman
    Name: James O'SHEA
    Unit: 1 Irish Guards
     
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    Casualty
    GUARDSMAN JAMES O'SHEA
    Service Number: 2720811
    Regiment & Unit: 1st Bn. Irish Guards
    Date of Death: 28 April 1943
    Age 29 years old
    Buried or commemorated at OUED ZARGA WAR CEMETERY
    See cemetery plan
    Grave Reference: 1. D. 19.
    Location:Tunisia
    Additional Info: Son of David and Ellen O'Shea, of Tralee, Co. Kerry, Irish Republic; husband of Kathleen O'Shea, of Tralee.
    Personal Inscription: HE FOUGHT AND DIED HIS DUTY'S O'ER, SLEEP IN PEACE TILL WE MEET ONCE MORE. K. H. M. M.
     
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    Campaign Stars & Medals : 3:1*
    • 1939-45 Star
    • Africa Star, *with 1st Army Clasp
    • War Medal 1939-45

    Address of NOK redacted (Application made in 1948):

    O'SHEA James 2720811.png
     
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