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Edwin Patrick O'Reilly

In memory of:

Gunner Edwin Patrick O'Reilly

May 17, 1900
De Aar, South Africa

Military Service

Service Number:

449

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Field Artillery

Division:

E Battery

Additional Information

Born:

December 29, 1875
Hamilton, Ontario

Medical students at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec erected a tablet to the memory of Lieutenant Borden and Gunner O'Reilly, both of whom, at the time of their departure for South Africa were medical students. The memorial consists of a marble tablet mounted on an onyx background and surmounted by a couple of Strathcona hats. Thesides of the tablet are relieved and ornamented with Lee-Enfield rifles, while the base carries a couple of cannon, a pyramid of shot and other features of an artillery field piece. The ornaments and embellishments, like the tablet are sculptured out of marble. In Memoriam - Edwin Patrick O'Reilly, B.A., Royal Canadian Artillery, born Hamilton, Ontario, December 29, 1875. Died while on service near DeAar, South Africa, 1900.

Commemorated on Page 30 of the South African War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

DE AAR GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE
South Africa

Grave Reference:

N/A

Location:

The De Aar Garden of Remembrance is located on N10 past town, through the tunnel under the railway tracks, 100 m on the right side. The Canadian graves are at the far end right.

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Globe (Toronto newspaper c.1902) Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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  • Plaque– Memorial Tablet dedicated to the Hamilton Ontario Officers and Men who served in the South African War 1899-1902. Erected by subscribers to the Hamilton Patriotic fund. On display in the drill hall at the Lt.-Col. John Weir Foote, VC, CD Armoury, 200 James Street North, Hamilton, Ontario.

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    Plaque – Memorial Tablet dedicated to the Hamilton Ontario Officers and Men who served in the South African War 1899-1902. Erected by subscribers to the Hamilton Patriotic fund. On display in the drill hall at the Lt.-Col. John Weir Foote, VC, CD Armoury, 200 James Street North, Hamilton, Ontario.
  • Lt.-Col. John Weir Foote, VC, CD Armoury– Lt.-Col. John Weir Foote, VC, CD Armoury, 200 James Street North, Hamilton,

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    Lt.-Col. John Weir Foote, VC, CD Armoury – Lt.-Col. John Weir Foote, VC, CD Armoury, 200 James Street North, Hamilton,

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