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    Mrs Reilly, 9 Todburn Lane, Dundee

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A RETURNEE

Thomas Reilly   Black Watch

DUNDEE MAN WOUNDED SEVEN TIMES.

Private Thomas Reilly, Black Watch, whose mother resides at 9 Todburn Lane, Dundee, has been wounded for the seventh time, and is now in Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow.  Private Reilly enlisted shortly after the outbreak of war, and had been at the front for sixteen months.  He is 23 years of age, and was formerly employed as a millworker.  Mrs Reilly’s husband died of enteric fever in the South African campaign.

Dundee Courier 22nd September 1916

Information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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