Michael Joseph Brophy was born in June 1921 in Carlow, Eire. He enlisted in the Royal West Kent Regiment and volunteered for Airborne Forces. He successfully completed parachute training and was posted to B Sqdn, 1st Special Air Service Regiment. He took part in Operation Bulbasket
He was murdered by a Nazi firing squad on 7 July 1944, aged 23 and is now buried in Rom Communal Cemetery, Southern France.
By Rod Gibson with additional information from Jon Baker.
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