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O'NEALE, Francis George
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 319 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 October 1914, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF |
| Born: | Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Parkville, Victoria, Australia, August 1953, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Methodist area B, Grave 604. Interred on 26 August 1953 as George O'Neale |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 319, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 319, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 319, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 6 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, From 4th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 31 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 319, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Frederick John O'Neale and Jane O'Neale nee Lynch of Brunswick Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria.
Commened return to Australia via Taranto, Italy on 8 October 1918 aboard Kaiser-i-Hind then transhipped aboard HT Port Sydney at Suez disembarking in Melbourne on 3 December 1918
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Vitory Medal
Post war he started his own business of George O'Neale, Painter and Paperhanger in St. George's Road, Northcote, Victoria
During 1919c Francis married Irene Grace Robinson in Victoria.