Roche, Michael

Name: Rank: Number: Regiment: Dates: Age: Local background: Died: Grave

Roche, Michael Private 6245 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers. Attested: 02/10/1914. Age 19. Posted: 1st R.M.F. Galliopli, 13/05/1915. Discharged: 27/10/1916, Sickness. Attested: 07/04/1922, Irish Army. Sgt, 30275. 1st Western Division. 1894-1922 27 Parents: Patrick and Susan Roche (nee Butler), Aughiskamore, Lisdoonvarna. Married: Bridget Gutherie, March 1919, Ennis. Died in explosion 25/08/1922, when a grenade fell from a hand when on patrol near Ballymullen Barracks, Tralee, Co.Kerry, killing Lt. Timothy McMahon instantly while trying to save his men and mortally wounding four others. Killilagh Graveyard, Doolin, Co.Clare.

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