Irish family's Aussie war link found

By Jim Gainsford
April 25 2014 - 12:00pm
Sacrifice: The Tierney family gather in memory of grand uncle Patrick Lydon. (Left to right) Jack (Michael's son), John Tierney (wearing Patrick's medals), Sinead and Liam (Frank's children), and Michael and Frank Tierney, at Sutherland war memorial.
Sacrifice: The Tierney family gather in memory of grand uncle Patrick Lydon. (Left to right) Jack (Michael's son), John Tierney (wearing Patrick's medals), Sinead and Liam (Frank's children), and Michael and Frank Tierney, at Sutherland war memorial.

WHEN Miranda resident Frank Tierney emigrated from Ireland as a 22-year-old in 1972, he believed he was the first of his large family to make the long trip to the southern hemisphere to make his home in Australia.

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