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11/03/2020
11/03/2020 The CWGC record Fusilier Michael John O’Donnell as the son of Richard and Elizabeth Wilson of Aughnacloy, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
11/03/2020 Fusilier O’Donnell was reinterred in Cassino War Cemetery in Italy on 9th August 1945.
11/03/2020 Fusilier Michael John O’Donnell was originally buried at GSGS Map Ref. 1CGR.WMB.2114, probably west of Cassino.
11/03/2020 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.
11/03/2020 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.
11/03/2020 Michael John O’Donnell was the son of Richard and Elizabeth Wilson.
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