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Harold Maguire was born in Kilkishen , Co Clare , Ireland , on April 12 1912 . Educated at Wesley College, Dublin and Trinity College Dublin , Harold Maguire joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1933 . He was awarded the DSO in 1946 for the gallant example he had set to his fellow captives while he was a Prisoner Of War during the Japanese invasions of Sumatra and Java in 1942 . Harold Maguire was appointed OBE in 1949 and CB in 1958 . He was knighted and advanced to KCB in 1966 . EXTERNAL LINKS | ||
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