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Pte. Joseph Heaney
British Army 3rd Btn. Royal Irish Fusileers
from:31 Waring St, Lurgan, County Armagh
Joseph Heaney was born in May 1887 and enlisted in the Royal Irish Fusiliers on October 23rd 1916. He was sent to France with the BEF on 6th of February 1917. He was wounded by a gun shot to the left hand and was discharged on 9th April 1918. He was declared "No longer fit for war service and entitled to wear one gold braid wound distinction strip."

Joseph died from gangrene in the early 1920s and his name was not recorded on the local War Memorial, as may be the case for many thousands around the country. His dog tags say he was in the 4th battalion but his discharge papers say the 3rd battalion.

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