Joseph William O'NEIL

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Service Number:	185
Enlisted:	31 October 1914, Enlisted in Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps
Born:	Lancashire, England, 1877
Home Town:	Parkside, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Plympton, South Australia, 1948, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Catholic, Path 7, Grave 447B. Purchase date was March 1948 now expired
Memorials:

31 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 185, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps , Enlisted in Adelaide, SA
28 Nov 1914:	Involvement Private, 185, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Eastern embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
28 Nov 1914:	Embarked Private, 185, 3rd Infantry Battalion, SS Eastern, Sydney
19 Jan 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 185, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps , Discharged in the 4th Military District

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Prior to coming to Australia Joseph served with the Liverpool Regiment which was attached to Lancashire Regiment in South Africa.

Husband of A. O'Neill of Victoria Street, Parkside, SA.

Returned to Australia on 6 December 1915 aboard SS Te Anau for discharge

Medal: British War Medal