Frank Malcolm O'NEIL MM

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Service Number:	602
Enlisted:	5 September 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Jamestown, South Australia, 20 August 1893
Home Town:	Mile End, City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Wheelwright
Died:	Adelaide, South Australia, 4 October 1953, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Kendrew Oval, Row 8, Grave 46. Interred on 9 October 1953
Memorials:

5 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 602, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 602, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 602, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart
6 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 602
23 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 602, 12th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the back. Embarked for England on 29 April 1918 aboard HS Jan Breydel
1 May 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, For gallantry and devotion to duty at Meteren on 23rd April 1918. Corporal O'Neil led a section of bombers in an attack on the enemy's position. He personally bombed a machine gun which was causing casualties, killing several of the crew and capturing the gun. He then led his men with great skill in a bombing attack down the trench and cleared same. Although wounded at the beginning of the attack he carried on and only led when ordered by his platoon commander. He set a fine example of courage and devotion to duty to his men. Wounded in back, not severe. Commonwealth Gazette 1 on 2 January 1919
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Corporal, 602, 12th Infantry Battalion
21 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 602, 12th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District
Date unknown:	Wounded 602, 12th Infantry Battalion

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Birth name registered as Francis Malcolm O'Neil.

Son of John James O'Neil and Margaret Gove O'Neil nee Ferguson of Kintore Street, Mile End, SA.

For five years Frank was apprenticed to R. Stanley, Wheelwrights of Waymouth Street, Adelaide, SA

Commenced return to Australia on 4 November 1918 aboard HT Durham disembarking on 23 December 1918

On 21 July 1928 Frank married Alice Kathleen Jones in Registry Office, Adelaide, SA.

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