Myles O'REILLY

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Service Numbers:	954, 854
Enlisted:	26 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia, 27 June 1951, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

26 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 954, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 954, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 954, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
22 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 954, 18th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the back
22 Dec 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 954, 18th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Shrapnel wound to the left shoulder.
23 Aug 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 854, 18th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Thomas J. O'Reilly and Elizabeth Agnes O'Reilly of Bruce Street, Rozelle, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 6 April 1917 HT Themistocles disembarking on 4 July 1917

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

During 1928c Myles married Gladys G. Mascord in Rockdale, NSW