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14 years old Tipperary soldier, died of wounds.

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  • 07-03-2013 1:39pm
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    enfield
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    I recently discovered a Tipp casualty that may interest your readers;
    He died of wounds in 1916 and in the 1911 census he was 9 years old and still living in Tipperary. That makes him the same age as John Condon, 14 years old.
    HAWE, EDWARD FRANCIS. Rank: Private. Regiment or Service: South African Horse. Unit; 4th. Date of Death:20/09/1916. Age at Death,14. Service No:606. Born in Tipperary. Died of wounds.
    Irish Independent; Hawe—September 20, 1916, of wounds received in action, Edward Francis Hawe, of Cleveland, youngest son of the late Philip Hawe, of Briarsfield, Mullinhane, County Tipperary. R.I.P.
    http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tipperary/Kilvemnon/Kilvemnon/838465/
    Grave or Memorial Reference:IV D 3. Cemetery: Morogoro Cemetery.


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