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William Heffernan

Rank: Lance-Corporal
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Town/Village: Abbeyshrule
Civil Parish: Taghshinny
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Census 1901: Possible, at Abbeyshrule
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Longford/Aghana/Abbeyshrule/1546315/
Census 1911: Probable, at Agharra
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Longford/Agharra/Abbeyshrule/580137/
Regiment/Unit: Unknown
Regiment Number: Unknown
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William was born at Abbeyshrule on the 27 November 1883, the son of a sub-Constable in the Royal Irish Constable. His half-brother, Patrick Bannon, was a vintner in Abbeyshrule in the 1910s. 

L-Cpl Heffernan is noted to have been wounded in 1916. 

Parents Names: Son John Heffernan of Catherine (née Hogan, formerly Bannon), Abbeyshrule, Co. Longford
Notes: Possibly is Lance Corporal William Heffernan, Leinster Regiment (Regimental No. 10196), and Military Foot Police Corps (Regimental Number D/17285)
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Mention of injury, Longford Leader 22 July 1916; link to Civil Record of birth

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