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Name: F W McGARRY
Rank: Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RCNVR
Squadron: 768 Squadron, Ballyhalbert
Ship/station: H.M.S. Corncrake, Ballyherbert
Date of death: 1945-09-08
Aircraft: Corsair JT 357
Place of death: Ballyhalbert, Ireland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: Ballycranbeg (Mount St. Joseph) Roman Catholic Churchyard, County Down, Ireland
Commemoration details: Grave 48
Family details: Son of Edward John and Agnes McGarry, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. B.A.
Rank: Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RCNVR
Squadron: 768 Squadron, Ballyhalbert
Ship/station: H.M.S. Corncrake, Ballyherbert
Date of death: 1945-09-08
Aircraft: Corsair JT 357
Place of death: Ballyhalbert, Ireland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: Ballycranbeg (Mount St. Joseph) Roman Catholic Churchyard, County Down, Ireland
Commemoration details: Grave 48
Family details: Son of Edward John and Agnes McGarry, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. B.A.
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