Thomas O'NEILL

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Service Number:	1783
Enlisted:	20 April 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	3rd Divisional Signal Company
Born:	Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Wattle Flat, Hepburn, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Telephone Operator
Died:	Mont Park, Victoria, Australia, 1984, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

20 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1783, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 1783, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
16 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 1783, 37th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne
15 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, In France
13 Mar 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Army Signals Corps, From 2nd Division Signal Company
10 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 5th Divisional Signal Company, From Signal Corps
19 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 1783, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son Thomas O'Neill and Jane O'Neill nee Sheedy of Wattle Flat, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 10 June 1919 aboard HT Port Lyttleton then transhipped to HT Ruahine disembarking on 5 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal