EOD Culkin, Joseph Anthony

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Culkin ​

• FORENAME

Joseph Anthony ​

• UNIT

Royal Army Ordnance Corps ​

• RANK

Staff Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

3187778​

• DATE OF DEATH

23rd September 1956 ​

• AGE

42 ​

• GRAVESITE

Waynes Keep Military Cemetery, Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus. Section XIV, Row C, Grave 10​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 16.02.1914 York, North Yorkshire, UK​

killed by explosion in a hillside cave near Limassol,Cyprus ​

posthumous Mention in Despatches​

London Gazette 40987, 25th January 1957, Page 654​

 

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SSgt Joe Culkin was posthumously Mentioned in Despatches in recognition of distinguished services in Cyprus during 1956. Laid to rest in Wayne’s Keep Cemetery in Cyprus.