Joseph Francis O'NEILL

O'NEILL, Joseph Francis

    Service Numbers: 600, 600A
    Enlisted: 9 October 1913, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 3rd Machine Gun Battalion
    Born: Miles, Queensland, Australia, 19 April 1895
    Home Town: Chinchilla, Western Downs, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 10 May 1972, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery & Crematorium, QLD
    5ANZ-51. Commemorated with a plaque in the QLD Garden of Remembrance
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    World War 1 Service

    9 Oct 1913: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 600, 11th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
    11 May 1917: Involvement Private, 600, 11th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
    11 May 1917: Embarked Private, 600, 11th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
    4 Apr 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, From 11th Machine Gun Company. Letter A added to his service number now 600A.
    22 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 600A, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Gassed. Invalided to England on 26 August 1918 on 26 August 1918
    1 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 600A, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to gassing

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Charles O'Neill and Annie O'Neill nee Underwood of Trail Siding, Chinchilla, QLD.

    Commenced return to Australia on 16 January 1919 aboard HT Demosthenos  disembarking on 2 March 1919 at Melbourne then transhipped to Brisbane

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1938c Joseph married Annie Stewart McClelland in QLD.

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