Herbert William James O'REILLY

O'REILLY, Herbert William James

    Service Number: 3605
    Enlisted: 1 October 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    Born: Northcote, Victoria, Australia, 7 July 1893
    Home Town: Leederville, Vincent, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Stoker
    Died: Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 8 August 1961, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria
    Roman Catholic, Section 187, Grave 0052. Interred on 10 August 1961
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    World War 1 Service

    1 Oct 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3605, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA
    17 Jan 1916: Involvement Private, 3605, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
    17 Jan 1916: Embarked Private, 3605, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Fremantle
    3 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 28th Battalion
    14 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3605, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    24 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3605, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Second occasion. Wound to the thigh. Invalided to England on 30 April 1918.
    14 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3605, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Michael James Herbert O'Reilly and Annie Louise O'Reilly nee Morrell of Vincent Street, Leederville, WA.

    Commenced return to Australia on 8 January 1919 aboard HT Orsova disembarking on 11 February 1919 at Fremantle for onward travel to Melbourne

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1920c Herbert married Gwendoline Lilian Marie Hughes in Victoria

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