AHERN, Patrick
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Rank:
Sergeant
Unit / Base:
45RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
EX/1251
Born:
Thursday, March 13, 1913
Birthplace:
Athea, Limerick, Eire
Died :
Thursday, January 25, 1945
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
31
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Sergeant Patrick Ahern, 'E' Troop, died of wounds inflicted during operations on 23rd January 1945 at Maasbracht and Brachterbeek, specifically when his Troop were ordered to attack and obtain a bridgehead on the Montforterbeek Dyke. Son of John Ahern and of Margaret Ahern (nee Fitzgerald); husband of Margaret Ahern, of Burley, Hampshire.
Sources
CWGC.
The Story of 45RM Commando (published for Veterans in 1946).
Registers Of Reports Of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/127.
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