O'REILLY, Patrick Henry
| Service Number: | 4280 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ararat, Victoria, Australia, July 1894 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Draper |
| Died: | 29 November 1948, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4280, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4280, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Imprisoned Bullecourt (First), Attack on Riencourt, held as a prisoner of war in Dulmen, Germany. | |
| 15 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4280, 14th Infantry Battalion, 3rd MD |
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From How they Served and AWM
4280 Private Patrick O'Reilly 14th Battalion, 1st AIF, of Ararat, Victoria. Reported Missing in Action following his Battalion's attack on Riencourt, 11th April, 1917. Patrick was later reported Prisoner of War in Germany, & following the Armistice, was repatriated back to Australia. In later life Patrick was very active in Vict RSL affairs.
4280 Private (Pte) Patrick Henry (Harry) O’Reilly. A draper from South Ballarat, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte O’Reilly embarked with the 13th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Demosthenes on 29 December 1915. After briefly serving with the 4th Light Trench Mortar Battery, he re-joined his battalion and was declared missing in action. It was subsequently established that he had been captured and was being held as a prisoner of war in Dulmen, Germany. Following the Armistice he was repatriated to England and returned to Australia on 7 February 1919.
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