Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Cornelius O'Donovan
In memory of:
Corporal Cornelius O'Donovan
September 29, 1918
Military Service
410569
20
Army
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
"C" Coy. 38th Bn.
Additional Information
September 4, 1898
Bedford, England
May 11, 1915
Kingston, Ontario
Son of John et Mary Ann O'Donovan of Carleton Place, Ontario. Brother of Private Denis O'Donovan, Sergeant Patrick O'Donovan and Private Daniel O'Donovan, killed in action on 9 April 1917 at Vimy Ridge. Private O'Donovan and Private Percy Grenville Hughes, another Carleton Place lad, together lost their lives on 29 September 1918 and are buried mere feet apart at Bourlon Wood Cemetery.
Commemorated on Page 479 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BOURLON WOOD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
II. A. 18.
Bourlon is a village approximately 6 kilometres west of Cambrai. It lies between the main Cambrai to Bapaume road (N30) and the Cambrai to Arras road (D939). The BOURLON WOOD CEMETERY is signposted from the centre of the village as is the Canadian Forces Memorial. On approaching the Memorial the road should be followed to the left where an unsurfaced track descends about 200 metres to the cemetery.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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