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Private WILLIAM JOSEPH O'REILLY

Service Number: 2243
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

46th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 September 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRIE BRITISH CEMETERY

II. D. 8.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Ellen J. O'Reilly, of National Hotel, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription HAVE MERCY UPON HIM LORD AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

BRIE BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 445
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