Edward James O'REILLY

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O'REILLY, Edward James

Service Number:	197
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, An original of B Company
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Urquhart Street State School, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Panel 30
Tree Plaque:	Ballarat Avenue of Honour
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Avenue of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 197, 8th Infantry Battalion, An original of B Company
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 197, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 197, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Edward James O'Reilly was one of many Australians who simply went missing on 25 April 1915, their bodies lost amongst the scrub and gullies of the broken hills and ridges of Anzac. He was first reported killed or a prisoner of war in October 1915. It was September 1917 before another enquiry confirmed him to be killed in action on the 25 April 1915, and his next of kin advised him of such. The news first appeared in the Ballarat newspapers during October 1917.

Edward's brother 4280 Private Patrick Henry O'Reilly 14th Battalion AIF was captured by the Germans at Bullecourt and spent most of his war as a prisoner of war. By late war the boys parents were deceased and Patrick became next of kin and recipient of the medals awarded to his brother Edward.

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