Reuben Benjamin (Legs Eleven) O'NEILL

O'NEILL, Reuben Benjamin

    Service Number: 4549
    Enlisted: 6 September 1915, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 9th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Charters Towers, Queensland, 20 July 1891
    Home Town: Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Hairdresser
    Died: Wounds, 1st Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, France, 27 August 1916, aged 25 years
    Cemetery: Etaples Military Cemetery
    Plot X, Row A, Grave 9A
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Charters Towers Boys Central School Great War Honor Board
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    World War 1 Service

    6 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4549, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD
    31 Jan 1916: Involvement Private, 4549, 9th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
    31 Jan 1916: Embarked Private, 4549, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane
    21 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4549, 9th Infantry Battalion, Severe wound to the left thigh

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    In his wounded and missing file it says he was known as 'Legs Eleven' on account of his long and thin, legs.

    Apprentice hairdresser with H. Hocking of Charters Towers.

    Son of Joseph O'Neill and Cascilia Madge O'Neill nee  Gallagher of Miner And Charlotte Street, Charters Towers, QLD

    Next of kin later changed to his brother James Ray O'Neill of Charters Towers, QLD.

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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