Frank O'REILLY

O'REILLY, Frank

Service Number: 3288
Enlisted: 16 January 1916, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Australian Army Medical Corps WW1
Born: Newcastle, England, 1897
Home Town: Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 11 April 1970, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
Catholic M2, Row 12, Grave 1554 as Frank Rogers O'Reilly. Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of remembrance
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World War 1 Service

16 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3288, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
2 May 1916: Involvement Private, 3288, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
2 May 1916: Embarked Private, 3288, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
1 Dec 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion, From 30th Battalion
29 May 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1, From 56th Battalion
4 Mar 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3288, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to shell shock

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Full name was Frank Rogers O'Reilly but served at Frank O'Reilly

Son of Henry O'Reilly and Mary O'Reilly of Leinster Street, Paddington, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 26 September 1917 aboard HT Borda disembarking on 25 November 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c Frank married Catherine T. Revitt in Sydney, NSW