WWI casualties, Clare-born residing Massachusetts

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Report of the Commission on Massachusetts' Part in the World War
THE GOLD STAR RECORD OF MASSACHUSETTS
Eben Putnam, ed. (Boston, 1929)
http://www.archive.org/details/reportofcommissi002comm
Vol. II

Cunningham, Thomas Andrew: died 11 Aug., 1918, of wounds received in action in Aisne-Marne
offensive. Ent. 28 March. 1918, 151st D. B.; trans. 1 May to Co. D, 59th Inf., 4th Div. Overseas 5 May,
1918.
Born 15 Dec, 1889, in County Clare, Ire., son of Michael (died 1912) and Bridget (Collins) Cun-
ningham of Cree, Ire.; brother of Martin, Mary, Margaret, Susan, Delia, Michael, John, James,
and Catherine. Railroad employee. Resident in Massachusetts four years.

Lillis, John £., B. E. F.: killed in action 19 Aug. (also given as 9 Sept.), 1916.
Enl. Oct., 1915, in Nova Scotia, 8th Irish Bn., King's Liverpool Regt.
Born 5 May, 1880, at Kilrush, Ire., son of Thomas (died 1906) and Margaret (Hanrahan) Lillis;
brother of Mrs. Minnie Curren, Mrs. Charles O'Neil, Mrs. William M. Fitzgerald, Mrs. John F.
Houlihan, Bridget, Anna, Patrick, and Thomas F., the last two deceased. Lumberman. Resident
in Massachusetts twenty-five years.

O'Hare, Austin Francis: killed in action U Nov., 1918 [near Gibercy, Grande Montague sector].
Ent. 26 May, 1918, 152d D. B.; trans. 21 June to Co. G, 314th Inf., 79th Div. Overseas 8 July,
1918.
Born 12 Aug., 1888, in County Clare, Ire., son of James and Sarah (Shannon) O'Hare of Boughill,
Kilfenora, County Clare, Ire.; brother of Mary T. (wife of John W. Robinson) and Delia, both
of Maiden, Margaret M. (wife of John T. Nagle of Dorchester), James of Somerville, and Thomas
of Kilfenora, Ire. Laborer. Resident in Massachusetts nine years.