David O'NEILL

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Service Number:	154
Enlisted:	21 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dumfriesshire, Scotland, 1884
Home Town:	West Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, 14 March 1946, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Presbyterian A, Grave 501X
Memorials:

21 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 154, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
21 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 154, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 154, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
8 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 154, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel wounds to both arms
25 Sep 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 154, 5th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Matilda O'Neill Stanley Street, West Melbourne, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 9 February 1916 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on 13 March 1916

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

During 1917c David married Jessie Howatson in Victoria Jessie died in February 1918..