Irish-born soldier to be honoured by US veterans

US army veterans are set to honour the memory of an Irish-born soldier who died fighting with the Americans on the Western Front in France 94 years ago.

Edmond Brunnock was born in Araglin on the Cork/Tipperary border in 1889 and, after the death of his father, emigrated to Boston in 1912 to join his brothers, who had gone there in search of work.

Six years later, he enlisted in the US army and was dispatched to France during the First World War.