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NAME:                      Ahern, Richard
RANK:                      Private
UNIT:                      Leinster Regiment
BATTALION ETC:             2nd Battalion
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         3/5937
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Died of wounds 24th November 1917
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Tincourt New British Cemetery, Somme, France
OTHER INFORMATION:         Age 20. Son of Mr R & Mrs Eliza Jane Ahern of 50 Paynes Road, Freemantle, Southampton.(Pension records)
                           55 Paynes Road, Southampton in CWGC.
                           Another pension record (around 1938) lists mother as deceased (but lived at Moorfield Road, Newbridge, Co. Kildare)
                           and dependant now father of Oakvale, Crabwood Road, Southampton.
                           Brother of Rodney Ahern who also died.