1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers (British Army)
Died:
27/05/1944 (Killed in Action)
Age:
Summary
Michael John O’Donnell was the son of Richard and Elizabeth Wilson. Fusilier Michael John O’Donnell was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers when he died on 27th May 1944 in Italy due to ten minutes of intense shelling during the night. He was originally buried at GSGS Map Ref. 1CGR.WMB.2114, but later reinterred in Cassino War Cemetery.
Further Information
Michael John O’Donnell was the son of Richard and Elizabeth Wilson.
Fusilier Michael John O’Donnell was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers when he died on 27th May 1944 in Italy.
The battalion diary notes that on the day, seven men were killed and 15 injured due to ten minutes of intense shelling during the night.
Fusilier Michael John O’Donnell was originally buried at GSGS Map Ref. 1CGR.WMB.2114, probably west of Cassino.
Fusilier O’Donnell was reinterred in Cassino War Cemetery in Italy on 9th August 1945.
The CWGC record Fusilier Michael John O’Donnell as the son of Richard and Elizabeth Wilson of Aughnacloy, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
