William Henry O'NEILL

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Service Number:	1558
Enlisted:	31 January 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Longreach, Queensland, Australia, 4 January 1892
Home Town:	Maxwelton, Richmond, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Jockey
Died:	Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 12 December 1960, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

31 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1558, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
29 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 1558, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 1558, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
6 Sep 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1558, 25th Infantry Battalion
16 Jun 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1558, 25th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed
30 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1558, 25th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as being AWOL

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as C/- Toorak Hotel, Netea Ponds, QLD,

Son of Albert Bernard O'Neill and Mary Ellen O'Neill nee Howard of Camp Hotel, Maxwelton, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 22 December 1918 aboard HT Bakara disembarking on 5 February 1919 at Fremantle, WA but did not re-embark

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

On 29 October 1923 William married Rosalind Niomi Edmonds in QLD