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Cpl. Michael Austin McCormack
British Army 8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
(d.4th Oct 1916)
Michael Austin McCormack served with the 8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. He was sged 34 when he died of wounds on 4th October 1916.
Born in Jarrow in 1882 he was the son of Michael and Elizabeth McCormack of 34 High Street Jarrow. On the 1911 census he is listed as Michael Austin McCormack Town Postman at General Post Office living with his mother Elizabeth McCormack and family at 110 High Street, Jarrow.
His younger brother John Robert McCormack was one of the fallen.
Michael is buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow.