Lawrence Thayer O'NEILL MM

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O'NEILL, Lawrence Thayer

Service Number:	520
Enlisted:	16 March 1915
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dunolly, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Casterton, Glenelg, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 6 October 1950, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Garden of Remembrance 1, Section 6, Niche 5
Memorials:	Hamilton Christ Church WW1 Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

16 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 520, 22nd Infantry Battalion
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 520, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
3 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 520, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the head. Embarked for England on 3 June 1917 aboard HS St. David
8 Nov 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, For conspicuous gallantry in leading his section after being wounded against the trenches near Bullecourt on 3rd May 1917. During a bomb attack he picked up and threw a Mills bomb with lever released that first been dropped by a wounded man thereby undoubtedly saving several casualties
2 Jan 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 520, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as wounded, with temporary rank of SGT

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Lawrence Mark O'Neill and Mary Camilla O'Neill nee Faulkner of Mount Derrimut, Deer Park, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 10 September 1917 aboard HS Ulysses disembarking on 13 November 1917

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

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