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6151   Private Joseph Patrick McMullan
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Dated added: 17/04/2016   Last updated: 19/05/2020
Personal Details
Regiment/Service: 1st Battalion, Connaught Rangers (British Army)
Died: 11/07/1917 (Killed in Action)
Age:
Summary      
Joseph Patrick McMullen was born in Rasharkin or Dunloy. The family later moved to Kilrea. Private Joseph Patrick McMullen was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Connaught Rangers when he was killed in action in Mesopotamia on 11th July 1917. Private Joseph Patrick McMullen has no known grave and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial in Iraq.
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Cemetery Details
Cemetery: Basra Memorial
  Basra 
Grave Ref: Panel 40+64
CWGC Casualty 1657643
Summary      
Basra is a town on the west bank of the Shatt-al-Arab, 90 kilometres from its mouth in the Persian Gulf. The cemetery is about 8 kilometres north-west of Basra.
Local Memorial Details

No Memorial Name Townland
1 Kilrea War Memorial - WW1 Kilrea
Local Insitute / Local Book Details

No Name Page
1 Forgotten Heroes of Kilrea 1914-18 55
References and Links
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1 Ballymena 1914-1918 Brief details of Private Joseph McMullen
2 Ballymoney Heroes 1914-18 Brief details of Private Joseph McMullen
3 Friends of the 36th Details of Private Joseph McMullen
4 National Archives UK Medal card of Private Joseph Patrick McMullen can be purchased here
5 War Graves Photographic Project Photo of Private Joseph Patrick McMullen's grave cannot be purchased here
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