The Memorial Cross issued to the next-of-kin of 615609 Pte. James McDonald O'Neil who was killed in the closing stages of the war in Italy, 12th April 1945.
The service file for James O'Neil has not been obtained, so details of his service are not yet known. He embarked in 1944 and was killed in action during the final advance on the Senio River on 12th April 1945 - one of three men from 26 Battalion killed that day. He is buried in the Forli War Cemetery.
The Memorial Cross is correctly engraved 615609 Pte. J. McD. O'NEIL. In box of issue.
