Bernard O'NEILL

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Service Number:	4280
Enlisted:	31 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Koroit, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Textile Worker
Memorials:	Warrnambool Woollen Mill Honor Roll

31 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4280, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
29 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 4280, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 4280, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
24 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, From 8th Battalion
25 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 59th Infantry Battalion, From 60th Battalion
18 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 4280, 59th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Michael O'Neill and Mary O'Neill of Barkly Street, Warrnnambool, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 1 August 1919 aboard HT Argyllshire disembarking 22 September 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Post war Bernard and was a member of the RSL Molong Sub Branch, NSW in 1935