Regimental number | 6371 |
Place of birth | Kanimbla Valley, Hartley District, New South Wales |
School | Public School, Hartley District, New South Wales |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Myalong via Katoomba, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Next of kin | Father, Peter Luke O'Reilly, Myalong via Katoomba, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 25th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/42/5 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 25th Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Wounded at Polygon Wood, Belgium, 20 September |
Place of burial | Estaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXVI, Row C, Grave No. 2A), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 105 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Peter and Jane O'REILLY |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 765 Peter John O'REILLY, Machine Gun Company 13, Reinforcement 14, returned to Australia 6 September 1919; 764 Eugene Michael O'REILLY, Machine Gun Company 13, Reinforcement 14, returned to Australia 15 April 1918. First Cousins: 3221 Private Thomas Cormack SMITH, 18th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement, killed in action 21 October 1917, age 21, Ypres, Belgium; 3563 Private Ernest William SMITH, 13th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement, returned to Australia 28 March 1919.~ |
Other details | Parents: Peter and Jane O'REILLY |