John Patrick O'RILEY

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Service Number:	6037
Enlisted:	21 January 1916, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia , 4 June 1972, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Broken Hill Cemetery, New South Wales General AR, Row 4, Grave 6
Memorials:

21 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6037, Tunnelling Companies, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 6037, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 6037, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
31 Aug 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 6037, Tunnelling Companies, Bomb wound to the foot
1 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Sapper, 6037
7 Mar 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 6037, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 3rd Military District at his own request

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Surname sometimes spelt O'Reilly

Son of Patrick O'Riley and Mary O'Riley of Jameson Street, South Broken Hill, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 25 September 1919 aboard HT Port Denison disembarking on 13 November 1919 at Melbourne

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1926c John married Beatrice Elizabeth Smith in Broken Hill, NSW