Hugh Terence O'REILLY

Hugh Terence O'REILLY Update Details

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Service Number:	4279
Enlisted:	31 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	1st Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Nhill, Victoria, Australia, 1884
Home Town:	Nhill, Hindmarsh, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Nhill, Victoria, Australia, 28 May 1970, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bleak House (Nhill) Cemetery
Memorials:

31 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4279, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
29 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 4279, 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, 4279, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
31 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Company, From 8th Battalion
10 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , From 2nd Machine Gun Company
4 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 4279, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Terrence O'Reilly and Catherine O'Reilly nee Masters of Bleak House, Nhill, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 31 March 1919 aboard HT Khyber disembarking on 22 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1925c Hugh married Jessie Stewart Hensley in Victoria