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Pte. Douglas Bethune
British Army Infantry Machine Gun Corps
from:Dublin
(d.1st July 1916 )
Pte. Douglas Bethune was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bethune, of 12, Breffni Terrace, Sandycove, Co. Dublin. He served with the Machine Gun Corps and earlier with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
He was killed in action aged 20 in July 1916, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. His twin Brother Thomas also served.