-. p • - / - Mungret College Past Pupils' Union

CAPTAIN JOHN MeCORMACK.
('Al'tAiN JOHN 'ilt i'nl.,is. it.i. viii, was
Ito ii Uv ri'ls ,rtci I bussing siiice the _i.st ii of April
Ia'.t h,i. since been announced as killed in it letter
rcceuved h' his family from a brother officer.
After leaving Mungret College, where he was ill
the years i004-c'", John McCormack was in business
with his father in Nt'nztgh. Shortly after the outbreak
of the war he joined the Royal Irish Regiment,
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Was quickly printed tuis'rgu'.nil .ini! iii April.
I I)! 5. got his ci uuluuuissi'in in tIn' ,rthnmh_'rltiuvil
Fusiliers Tvneside Irish). He went ti France with
them in I )'cenib'r of that year and was prom' itt'd
Captain in the following March. lie was all
through the battle of the Somme, but never got the
shughi test ivu un d thu iii gh lie hail si me ill a rvellous
\lili .uii ii-. ii, ,ttii his nit sun ii viii ,'io
tirineil, s,'vi'r,il ii his lirotliir ,ittivurs in!-ill ,.rli'riv
who was quite close to him in tin' r'ngagi'niebit
at the end of April, are certain hi' was killed. As
lit' was leading his company into the attack lie
Ui tist have been somewhat in au vance of the others.
The Chaplain wrote saving that (,ujit,on McCi irnhir k
had received the h ilv sac ía mciii s in' fire going
into the attack. lie was mentioned it' despatches
for gallantry.
t'Al'I'\l J. MCC()WNIA(' I'
I IV iIppU;tr, ti have !it'i'ti .1 great fax note with
his hr it her i tItters and partic ulaily with his mcii,
is ins family have received some beautiful letters
to this effect, but none holding out any hope
that he may be a prisoner its was thought at first.
He was in his tweutsr'venth year. Our
s mpatliv goes -It I hi is parcuits ,i 11th frit- 11, 11S Ill
tilk sad loss. _I