Person    | Male  Died 11/3/1964

Fm. Daniel Michael O'Donovan

Attending a ‘Person Shut in Lift’ at Moelwyn Hughes Court, he fell from the flat roof while making his way to the lift motor room. Aged 25.

O'Donovan was brought up in Harrow and was an avid sportsman. He and his brother married a pair of sisters. After getting married, he moved to Dunstable with his wife where they began raising their two children.

Source: Islington Tribune

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Fm. Daniel Michael O'Donovan

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Fm. Daniel Michael O'Donovan. 11.3.64, Hilldrop Lane, N7.

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