James Percy O'NEILL MM

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Service Number:	3210
Enlisted:	13 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Glenferrie, Victoria, Australia, 1883
Home Town:	Purrumbete South, Corangamite, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Camperdown, Victoria, Australia, 13 January 1948, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Camperdown Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Camperdown, Victoria
Memorials:

13 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3210, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
26 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3210, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
26 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3210, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
24 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Infantry Battalion, From 22nd Battalion
19 Aug 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, Citation: For gallant and conspicuous devotion to duty during the attack on Lihons on 11th August 1918. this N.C.O. was in charge of a Lewis Gun section and throughout the counter-attack during the afternoon he commanded his section always choosing his position with such excellent tactical advantage as to be of the greatest assistance to his company. He kept his gun in action himself under very heavy enemy fire killing many Huns. Throughout the action he set a splendid example to all his men and those around him
6 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3210, 7th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of John Joseph O'Neill and Johanna O'Neill nee Dwyer C/- Ellen Nehill of South Purrumbete, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia 28 March 1919 aboard HT City of Poona disembarking on 14 May 1919

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1921c James married Ellen Nehill in Victoria.