Joseph O'NEILL

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Service Number:	2857
Enlisted:	7 April 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Greenock, Scotland, 1874
Home Town:	Port Augusta, Port Augusta, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

7 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2857, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
16 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 2857, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 2857, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide
31 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2857, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the arm. Embarked for England on 2 August 1917 aboard HS St. David
13 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2857, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District

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Next of kin given as his sister Catherine Cassells of Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England.

Commenced return to Australia on 20 October 1918 aboard HT Borda disembarking on 17 December 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

In 1937c Joseph applied for membership with the Leura RSL Sub Branch, NSW