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Keighley War Scrapbook, Page 68 - Keighley News clipping dated 28th April
1945.
News has been
received by Mrs Alice O'Hara, of 42, Bogthorn, Oakworth, that her husband,
Private John Thomas O'Hara, has been killed in action. Aged 31, Private
O'Hara was a native of Keighley and received his education at St Anne's
Roman Catholic School. Prior to joining up five years ago he was a
conductor for the West Yorkshire Road Car Co. Ltd. The news of his death
is especially tragic, as he was due for a home leave in July. He had been
abroad for three and a half years. His wife is a Leading Aircraftwoman in
the W.A.A.F.
Please
contact me, Andy
Wade with any information.
Commonwealth
War Graves Commission record:
JOHN THOMAS
O'HARA
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment: York and Lancaster Regiment
Unit Text: 7th Bn.
Age: 31
Date of Death: 12/04/1945
Service No: 4753400
Additional information: Husband of Alice Elizabeth O'Hara, of Oakworth, Yorkshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 21. A. 7.
Cemetery: TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
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