CO-BHOL-0031

Record Date: 
10 August 2020
Graveyard: 
Ballyhay Old
Exact wording of epitaph: 

PER ARDUA AD ASTRA

1800981 SERGEANT

M. O' DONOGHUE

WIRELESS OPERATOR/ AIR GUNNER

ROYAL AIR FORCE

13TH FEBRUARY 1946

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
52.328011111111
Longitude: 
-8.6598388888889
Additional details
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Title: 
Sergeant
Name: 
M.
Surname: 
O’Donoghue
Date of death - day: 
13
Date of death - month: 
February
Date of death - year: 
1946
Notes: 

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2701329/o'donoghue,-michael/

http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=33900

'PER ARDUA AD ASTRA'  is the motto of the British Royal Air Force and translates to 'THROUGH ADVERSITY TO THE STARS'