James O'NEILL

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Service Number:	6629
Enlisted:	13 December 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Motor Transport Company
Born:	Rothesay, Scotland, 1880
Home Town:	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Baker
Died:	Albury, New South Wales , Australia , 23 November 1940, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Albury Pioneer Cemetery, NSW Plan: 3 Section: CATH Row: HH Lot: 17
Memorials:	Wagga Wagga Victory Memorial Arch

13 Dec 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6629, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
7 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 6629, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 6629, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
11 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Division Supply Column, From 20th Battalaion
12 Mar 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Motor Transport Company
16 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6629, 4th Motor Transport Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of John Edward O'Neill and Sarah O'Neill of Seymour Hotel, Wagga Wagga, NSW.

Com,enced return to Australia on 18 July 1919 aboard HT Takada disembarking on 7 September 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Post war he was a member of the Albury RSL who gave his address as Mitta Mitta, Victoria.