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O'NEILL, William
Personal Details
Service Number: | 349 |
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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, 5 November 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Shell Green Cemetery Plot 1, Row F, Grave 5 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dalby War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
29 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 349, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Dalby, QLD | |
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21 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, SN 349, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli | |
21 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, SN 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, SN 349, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
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