Bernard O'REILLY

O'REILLY, Bernard

    Service Number: 1506
    Enlisted: 12 November 1914
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 12th Machine Gun Company
    Born: Cork, Ireland, 1888
    Home Town: Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Como, Western Australia, 2 November 1975, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
    Roman Catholic, Lawn 2, Grave F008
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    World War 1 Service

    12 Nov 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1506, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    22 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 1506, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
    22 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 1506, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Itonus, Fremantle
    28 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1506, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Wound to the left side
    19 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Machine Gun Company
    7 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, 1506, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières
    2 Mar 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, 12th Machine Gun Company, Second occasion. Severe wound to the thigh
    1 Oct 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Belgium
    19 Sep 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 12th Machine Gun Company, Third occasion. Wound to the elbow
    26 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 12th Machine Gun Company, Discharged at the 5th ilitary District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Julia O'Reilly of Rosscarby, Cork, Ireland.

    Bernard married Beatrice Rebecca Howe of St. Brigid Street, Cork, Ireland on 7 January 1919 in the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Camberwell, England. Registrars Charles P. Dolman and A.E. Baker officiated.

    Commenced return to Australia on 14 January 1919 aboard HT City of York disembarking on 18 February 1919

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

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