REILLY, Edward Cullen
| Service Number: | 3728 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Grafton, NSW, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Grafton, Clarence Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Grafton Hospital, Grafton, NSW, 22 November 1942, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Dec 1917: | Involvement Private, 3728, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Dec 1917: | Embarked Private, 3728, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney |
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OBITUARY
MR. EDWARD REILLY.
The death occurred in Grafton District Hospital early on Sunday morning of Mr. Edward Reilly, aged 46 years, of 11 Oliver street. Grafton. The deceased had been in ill health for several months. He was the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. John Reilly and is survived by three sisters, Margaret and Sheila, of Grafton, and Katherine (Mrs. Cheedle), of Sydney, and three brothers, John, Bernard and Francis, of Grafton. The funeral left St. Mary's Catholic Church on Sunday afternoon, the Rev. Father Buckley officiating at the church and graveside. The coffin was draped with the Union Jack and returned soldiers acted as pall-bearers, the deceased having been a returned soldier from the last war. Messrs F. M. V. Earle (president) and G. G. Triggs (hon. sec.), of the Grafton sub-branch of the R.S.S and A.I.L.A. were amongst those present.