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O'NEILL, Patrick Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 7520 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 3 February 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Manilla, New South Wales, Australia, December 1894 |
| Home Town: | Tamworth, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 September 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension, France Grave recently identified, 2020, by Fallen Diggers, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 3 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7520, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 7520, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 7520, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 29 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7520, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 24 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7520, 2nd Infantry Battalion, GSW thigh | |
| 31 Aug 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Sep 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 7520, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7520 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-09-19 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Andrew Pittaway
LCpl Patrick O’Neil 2nd Bn Killed in action 19th September 1918 was killed by a shell in a dugout. Also killed in the same dugout was Sgt Edwin Lillee 2nd Bn Killed in Action 19th September 1918. They now have known; graves in Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension.
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