Edward Joseph O'NEILL MM

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Service Number:	2952
Enlisted:	14 September 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 15 August 1895
Home Town:	Kalbar, Scenic Rim, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 2 August 1963, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Gravatt Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane Interred on 5 August 1963
Memorials:	Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War, Toowoomba Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour, West Ipswich & One Mile War Memorial

14 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2952, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
27 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2952, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2952, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane
2 Oct 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, From carrying messages under heavy shelling.
24 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2952, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the back and chest. Invalided to England on 21 May 1918
3 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2952, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Ellen (Nellie) Costello formerly O'Neill of Brisbane, QLD.

Next of kin given as his sister Eileen O'Neill C/- E. Keely, Brisbane Street, West Ipswich, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 6 November 1918 aboard HT Marathon disembarking on 1 January 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 27 December 1934 Edward married Dorothy Mafeking Jack in QLD.