Thomas E. Scahill - To Marry Mary T. Rogan - Historical Newspapers - Portland Press Herald, Portland, Maine

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The Portland Press Herald (and Maine Sunday Telegram; collectively known as The Portland Newspapers) publish daily newspapers in Portland, Maine, USA. Serving the state's largest and most commercially important city, as well as much of southern Maine, the Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram form the largest-circulation newsroom in Maine.

Name: Thomas E. Scahill, of Anderson Street, son of Edward J. Scahill and the late Delia M. Scahill, is to marry Mary T. Rogan, daughter of Frank Rogan of Bridgeport PA

Newspaper: Portland Press Herald, Portland, Maine

Event: Thomas E. Scahill To Wed Pennsylvania Girl In June

Venue: Portland, Maine

Date: 14 May 1950

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Thomas E. Scahill - RMS Queen Mary - Repatriation - Arriving At - Port Of New York

This is an extract from the RMS Queen Mary website.

...From October to December 1942 it (RMS Queen Mary) was being repaired at Boston and then returned to the Clyde. On 23 December it left for Cape Town, Suez and Sydney carrying British troops to the Middle East and Australian troops back home. It returned in April 1943 and then berthed in New York in May. After this it began a ferry service for US troops which was to be its role for the remainder of the war. The Queen Mary's role in this capacity is the one for which it is best remembered. The end of the war in Europe in May 1945 meant that there was an urgent need to redeploy thousands of US combat troops to the conflict in the Pacific and Far East. The Queen Mary sailed to New York to be refitted and then began the long process of repatriation. In January 1946 it began transporting GI brides to their new homes. By 3 May it transferred to Halifax to repatriate the wives and children of Canadian servicemen, which continued until September...

Name: Thomas E. Scahill

Sex: Male

Age: Not Given

Occupation: Military - 35 Infantry Division

Rank: Corporal

Army Service Number: 33593148

Marital Status: Not Given

Nationality: Not Given

Ship: RMS Queen Mary - As she looked during WWII. The Queen Mary on her last voyage in 1967.

Date of Arrival: 10 September 1945

Port of Arrival: Port Of New York

Port of Departure: Southhampton, England

Going To Join/Destination: Not Given

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Thomas E. Scahill - WW II Army Enlistment Records

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Name: Scahill Thomas E.

Army Number: 33593148

Residence State: Undefined Code

Residence County: Undefined Code

Place Of Enlistment: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Date Of Enlistment Year: 1943

Source Of Army Personnel: Civil Life

Year Of Birth: 1923

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