Richard Martin O'NEIL

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O'NEIL, Richard Martin

Service Number:	149033
Enlisted:	5 May 1944
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 1 April 1926
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Improver - Process Worker
Died:	Frankston, Victoria, Australia, 12 August 2009, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Frankston Memorial Park and Cemetery
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World War 2 Service

5 May 1944:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 149033
25 Feb 1946:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 149033

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Richard was one of five children of Bernard Vincent O'Neil (b1900 in Melbourne, Victoria) and Louisa (Lucy) Reid (b1901 in Melbourne, Victoria). Bernard (a Carpenter) and Lucy married 1922 in Melbourne where they settled and raised their family.

Richard was working in Melbourne as an Improver - Process Worker when he enlisted in the RAAF in May 1944. He was a Leading Aircraftman (Service No:149033) attached to 1 Engineering School when he was Discharged in February 1946.

In 1950 Richard married Joyce Thelma Johansen (b1929) and the couple settled in Frankston, Victoria where Richard worked initially as a Fitter before becoming a Motor Mechanic in the 1960s. Richard died in 2009 and Joyce in 2011.

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