John O'NEILL

O'NEILL, John

Service Numbers: 2427, 2426
Enlisted: 15 May 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 41st Infantry Battalion
Born: Limerick, Ireland, 1871
Home Town: Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
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World War 1 Service

15 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2427, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
21 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 2427, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 2427, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane
21 Jul 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2426, 41st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District due to his desertion on 21 November 1916 at Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Next of kin given as a friend Henry Fitzherbert Palmer Kelly of Lucinda, QLD

Failed to re-embarked at HT Boonah at Fremantle on 21 November 1916 and was declared an illegal absentee from that date.

Not eligible for medals