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Norbert Gilroy O'REILLY

Regimental number6371
Place of birthKanimbla Valley, Hartley District, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, Hartley District, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationFarmer
AddressMyalong via Katoomba, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinFather, Peter Luke O'Reilly, Myalong via Katoomba, New South Wales
Enlistment date16 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 23 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 23 September 1917
Place of death or woundingWounded at Polygon Wood, Belgium, 20 September
Place of burialEstaples 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 connectionsBrothers: 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 detailsParents: Peter and Jane O'REILLY

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