Aged 35, RAOC, killed when an IRA bomb exploded in a car he was examining near Newry.
The device went off as he approached the car for the eighth time to prepare it for towing away.
He was the 17th bomb disposal expert to be killed in Northern Ireland since the start of the trouble.

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Bill Chamberlain wrote:

M O'Neil joined the RAOC Junior Leaders Battalion in September 1961 and passed out to man's service in December 1963.

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Link to the Memorial Garden:

http://www.palacebarracksmemorialgarden.org/Felix%20Memorial%20Garden.htm