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Military service
Service number:
59755
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
21st Bn.
Birth:
July 10, 1883
Killarney
Enlistment:
November 7, 1914
Kingston, Ontario
Death:
April 9, 1917
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. C. 5.
Additional information
Son of John and Mary Ann O'Donovan, of Carleton Place, Ontario. Brother of Private Denis O'Donovan, Sergeant Patrick O'Donovan and Private Cornelius O'Donovan, killed in action on 29 September 1918.
Digital gallery of Private Daniel O'Donovan
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Grave Marker
– The grave marker at the Nine Elms Cemetery located outside Roclincourt, France. It is located about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Cemetery
Nine Elms Cemetery – The Nine Elms Cemetery, located at Roclincourt, France. It is about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial in France. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Inscription
"He Gave Up His Own Life So Others Might Live" (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial Plaque
O'DONOVAN, Daniel 59755 WW1 Canadian CEF 21th Battalion Death Penny Memorial Plaque -
Newspaper clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Daniel O'Donovan
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Private Daniel O'Donovan
Digital gallery of
Private Daniel O'Donovan
Digital gallery of
Private Daniel O'Donovan
Digital gallery of
Private Daniel O'Donovan
Digital gallery of
Private Daniel O'Donovan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 303 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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