Basil Austin ONYONS

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Service Number:	941
Enlisted:	19 August 1914, Enlisted at St. Kilda, Victoria
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Windsor, Victoria, Australia, 14 March 1887
Home Town:	Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia, 31 May 1967, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Pittosporum, Garden F1, Bed 10, Rose 38
Memorials:	Nar Nar Goon Melbourne Electric Supply Company Limited Roll of Honour

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 941, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at St. Kilda, Victoria
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Gunner, 941, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Gunner, 941, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
29 Jun 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 941, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Wound to the forehead. Remained on duty
10 May 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 941, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Austin Richard Onyons and Sarah Helen Stuart Onyons nee Hogg of Carnarvon Road, Malvern, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 4 February 1918 aboard HT Balmoral Castle disembarking on 23 March 1918 at Adelaide then by rail to Melbourne.

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

During 1920c Basil married Alice Mary Wheatland in Victoria