Richard Benion O'CARROLL MM

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O'CARROLL, Richard Benion

Service Number:	18
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	44th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ashgrove, Brisbane, Queensland, 6 November 1889
Home Town:	South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	School Teacher
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 5 February 1968, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 18, 3rd Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
25 Sep 1914:	Involvement Private, 18, 3rd Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Rangatira embarkation_ship_number: A22 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1914:	Embarked Private, 18, 3rd Field Ambulance, HMAT Rangatira, Brisbane
16 Nov 1916:	Honoured Military Medal, Citation: At Pozieres, France, on the night of the 21 August 1916 when the enemy were putting up an extremely heavy barrage of artillery, volunteers were called for to evacuate a severely wounded man. Sergeant O'Carroll volunteered and in company with another man carried the patient safely and without delay to the advanced Dressing Station. The manner in which this N.C.O. organised his parties were worthy of the highest praise and his conduct on this occasion most exemplary. Commonwealth Gazette, 62 Date: 19 April 1917
19 Jul 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 44th Infantry Battalion
14 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 44th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Thomas Davis Finbar O'Carroll and Susan O'Carroll nee Boland of Edmonstane Street, South Brisbane, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 14 December 1918 aboard HT Burmah disembarking at Melbourne then transhipped aboard HT Karoola for onward travel to Brisbane disembarking on 29 January 1919

Medals: Military Medal, 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 21 December 1926 Richard married Dorothea Henrietta Sigley in QLD

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