O'NEILL, Patrick
| Service Number: | 196 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 January 1915, Enlisted at Dalby, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 11th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Dalby, Queensland Australia, 22 November 1897 |
| Home Town: | Dalby, Western Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Billiard Marker |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 11 January 1972, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Caboolture Cemetery, Moreton Bay, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 196, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Dalby, QLD | |
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| 2 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 196, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 196, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Medic, Brisbane | |
| 29 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 196, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 1st Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Patrick Joseph O'Neill and Lucy O'Neill nee Smith of Edward Street, Dalby, QLD
Brother of William James O'Neill who died of disease on 8 August 1918 while serving with the 5th Light Horse Regiment and is buried in the Gaza War Cemetery. Plot XXX11, Row F, Grave 7; Thomas Joseph O'Neill who returned to Australia on 17 July 1916 having served with the 11th Light Horse Regiment; Philip O'Neill who returned to Australia in 1919 having served with 41st Battalion and in WW2 having served with the 2/11 Field Company.
Commenced return to Australia on 24 July 1919 aboard HT Dongala disembarking on 28 August 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Post war Patrick worked at Clonagh Station, Cloncurry and was a member of the Cloncurry RSL