John Joseph O'NEILL

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Service Number:	621
Enlisted:	16 December 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Second Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Australian Light Railway Operating Company
Born:	Glenferrie, Victoria, Australia, 1 August 1887
Home Town:	Traralgon, Latrobe, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fireman
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, February 1966, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic, Section H, Grave 2669. Interred on 4 February 1966
Memorials:

16 Dec 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 621, Railway Unit (AIF), Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
19 Feb 1917:	Involvement 621, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1917:	Embarked 621, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne
23 Jun 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 1st Australian Light Railway Operating Company
20 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 621, 1st Australian Light Railway Operating Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of John O'Neill and Johanna O'Neill nee Dwyer of Glenferrie, Victoria.

Address at the time of enlistment was given as 'Amhurst', Seymour Street, Traralgon, Victoria.

Next of kin given as his sister M Ostler of Oliver Street, Caulfield, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 21 June 1919 aboard HT Konigin Luise disembarking on 13 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal