Tom O'REILLY

O'REILLY, Tom

    Service Number: 2536
    Enlisted: 29 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Gunner
    Last Unit: 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: Granville, New South Wales, Australia, 1890
    Home Town: Stanmore, Marrickville, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Station Hand
    Died: Singleton, New South Wales, Australia, 31 October 1951, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
    Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance
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    World War 1 Service

    29 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 2536, Divisional Ammunition Column, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    18 Oct 1914: Involvement Driver, 2536, Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
    18 Oct 1914: Embarked Driver, 2536, Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
    13 Feb 1915: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Field Artillery Brigade
    15 May 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column
    15 Sep 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 21st Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, From 1st Divisional Ammunition Column
    24 Jan 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , From 21st Field Artillery Brigade
    10 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 2536, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Shell wound to the right shoulder. Transferred to England on 16 October 1917 aboard HS St. Patrick
    6 Aug 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 2536, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to heart issues

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Thomas John O'Reilly and Elizabeth Agnes  O'Reillly of Marshall Street, Stanmore, NSW. 

    Next of kin given as a Mrs. Pigit of Cowles Road, Mosman, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia on 10 March 1918 aboard SS Durham Castle. On 19 April 1918 Tom re-embarked HT Orontes at Capetown for onward travel to Australia

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

    During 1926c Tom married Coralie Whitfield in Marrickville, NSW

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