O'NEILL, Alexander Thomas
| Service Number: | 1345 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 July 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Mount Barker, Western Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Mount Barker, Plantagenet Shire, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Mount Barker, Plantagenet, Western Australia, 1974, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Barker Cemetery, Mount Barker, Western Australia Grave 854. |
| Memorials: | Albany & Districts Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1345, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 13 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 1345, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 1345, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Themistocles, Fremantle | |
| 9 Jan 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 1345, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Wound to the shoulder | |
| 19 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 1345, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Second occasion. Wound to the right arm but remained on duty | |
| 12 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 1345, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Cranston O'Neill and Elizabeth O'Neill nee Duplex of Mount Barker, WA.
Brother of Clarence O'Neill who died of wounds on 5 October 1916 while a Prisoner of War in Germany and is buried in the Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany. Plot XV11, Row B, Grave 23.
Commenced return to Australia on 17 July 1919 aboard HT Dunluce Castle disembarking on 17 August 1919
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1925c Alexander married Laura Elizabeth Prudence Reddin in Plantagenet, WA
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Cranston O'Neill and Elizabeth O'Neill nee Duplex of Mount Barker, WA.
Brother of Clarence O'Neill who died of wounds on 5 October 1916 while a Prisoner of War in Germany and is buried in the Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany. Plot XV11, Row B, Grave 23.
Commenced return to Australia on 17 July 1919 aboard HT Dunluce Castle disembarking on 17 August 1919
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1925c Alexander married Laura Elizabeth Prudence Reddin in Plantagenet, WA
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