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Pte. Alphonsus Thomas Hegarty
Australian Army 2/2nd Field Ambulance Medical Corps
from:Australia
(d.4th Nov 1941)
Alphonsus Hegarty was born near the tiny village of Frosses in County Donegal, Ireland in 1911. In 1927, at the age of just 16, he emigrated to Australia to join some siblings.
He joined the Australian Army Medical Corps in WW2 and was taken prisoner by German forces during the Battle of Crete. He died a POW (No. D12629) in Stalag IIID on 4th of November 1941 having not long turned 30 years of age. It is not known if he died as a result of wounds sustained at the Battle of Crete or whether as a result of his treatment during incarceration. He was buried in Doeberitz-Dallgau Cemetery but this was later destroyed. A memorial headstone is now to be found at the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Cemetery, Berlin. RIP.