William O'NEILL

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Service Number:	349
Enlisted:	29 October 1914, Enlisted at Dalby, QLD
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Warwick, Queensland, 1876
Home Town:	Dalby, Western Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stockman
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 5 November 1915
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 1, Row F, Grave 5, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dalby 'The Fallen' Honour Board, Dalby War Memorial

29 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 349, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Dalby, QLD
21 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 349, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: Surname spelt incorrectly as O'Niell on original form
21 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 349, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Sydney
16 Oct 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5th Light Horse Regiment, In the field
5 Nov 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 349, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 349 awm_unit: 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-11-05

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Next of kin given as his sister Mary Bridget Dowling nee O'Neill of Dalby, QLD. Brother of Katie O'Neill of Charters Towers

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously served with the 7th Australian Commonwealth Horse in South Africa