Dennis Joseph O'NEILL

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Service Number:	2201
Enlisted:	16 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	West Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	St. Mary's Primary School, West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Bookmaker
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 4 August 1916
Cemetery:	AIF Burial Ground, Grass Lane, Flers, France Plot V1, Row L, Grave 1. Headstone inscription reads: May his soul rest in peace
Memorials:

16 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2201, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
27 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2201, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
27 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2201, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
4 Aug 1916:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 2201, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2201 awm_unit: 23 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-04

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Son of Cornelius O'Neill and Lucy O'Neill nee Pillay of King Street, West Melbourne, Victoria.

Apprenticed to Allan Morrison of Little Collins Street, Melbourne

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal