Terence O'RILEY MM

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Service Number:	1816
Enlisted:	14 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Light Trench Mortar Battery
Born:	Coburg, Victoria, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Coburg, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

14 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1816, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
16 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 1816, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1915:	Embarked Private, 1816, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
9 Jun 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 23rd Infantry Battalion
20 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery, From 23rd Battalion
12 May 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, For conspicuous bravery in keeping his mortar in action near Bullecourt, the remainder of the crew being casualties. Commonwealth Gazette, 189, on 8 November 1917
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1816, 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery
4 Oct 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1816, 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Second occasion.
17 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1816, 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Full name Terence James O'Riley but served as Terence O'Riley

Next of kin given as his sister in law N. O'Riley of Elm Street, Northcote, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 5 April 1919 aboard HT Armagh disembarking on 18 May 1919

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