John O'NEILL

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Service Number:	17176
Enlisted:	10 January 1916, Enlisted at Warren, NSW
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales Australia , 1883
Home Town:	Pyrmont, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Theatrical Employee
Died:	Rozelle, New South Wales, 1943, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

10 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 17176, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Warren, NSW
5 Jun 1916:	Involvement Driver, 17176, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
5 Jun 1916:	Embarked Driver, 17176, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Borda, Sydney
26 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, From 5th Field Artillery Brigade, in England
8 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, In France
20 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 17176, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Shell wounds to the shoulder and back. Invalided to England on 25 September 1918
4 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 17176, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Bullawarra Road, Pyrmont, NSW

Son of Jeremiah O'Neill and Ann O'Neill of Davies Street, Surry Hills, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 18 January 1919 aboard HT Margha disembarking on 5 March 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal