Robert Valentine O'LONERGAN

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O'LONERGAN, Robert Valentine

Service Number:	4873
Enlisted:	3 January 1916, Enlisted at Warwick, QLD
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 25 February 1897
Home Town:	Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocer Assistant
Died:	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 7 February 1971, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland
Memorials:	Warwick War Memorial Gates

World War 1 Service

3 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 4873, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Enlisted at Warwick, QLD
22 May 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 4873, No 4th Tunnelling Company - Headquarters No 1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
22 May 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 4873, No 4th Tunnelling Company - Headquarters No 1, HMAT Warilda, Sydney
22 May 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 4873, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Sydney
22 May 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 4873, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
18 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 4873, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Severe wound to the left leg. Invalided to England on 23 September 1917 aboard HS St. Andrews
27 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), From 4th Tunnelling Company
29 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 4873, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Edwin O'Lonergan and Isabella O'Lonergan nee Ansell of Grafton Street, Warwick, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 20 April 1919 aboard HT Boonah disembarked at Melbourne on 8 June 1919 then transhipped aboard HT Sardinia disembarking at Sydney on 11 June 1919 for onward travel to Brisbane.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 15 September 1931 Robert married Bridget Dalton in QLD

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