John Joseph O'NEILL

O'NEILL, John Joseph

Service Number: 463
Enlisted: 21 January 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Company Quartermaster Sergeant
Last Unit: 21st Infantry Battalion
Born: Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 1877
Home Town: Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
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World War 1 Service

21 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 463, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
10 May 1915: Involvement Sergeant, 463, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915: Embarked Sergeant, 463, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
23 Oct 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 463, 21st Infantry Battalion, Gassed.
10 Jan 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 463, 21st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to premature senility

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Husband of Martha O'Neill of Drummond Street, Carlton, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 20 October 1918 aboard HT BOrda disembarking on 15 December 1918 at Adelaide for onward travel to Melbourne by rail

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal