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Joseph Rooney

Occupation/Rank: 4036188, Corporal, 9th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment

Date of Death: 06 May 1941

Place of Death: East Twin Island

Age: 24

Corporal Rooney was killed when a gun emplacement on East Twin Island was hit by a high explosive.

He and six others from his unit, 9th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment and three from 175 Battery, 66th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, were killed.

Corporal Rooney is buried at Christ Church Churchyard, Walker, Newcastle Upon Tyne

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