Christopher O'REILLY

Christopher O'REILLY Update Details

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Service Number:	7960
Enlisted:	21 May 1917, Enlisted at Port Augusta, SA
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Belfast, Ireland, 1873
Home Town:	Port Augusta, Port Augusta, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Port Pirie, South Australia, 2 March 1922, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

21 May 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 7960, Tunnelling Companies, Enlisted at Port Augusta, SA
21 Nov 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 7960, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
21 Nov 1917:	Embarked Sapper, 7960, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
14 Mar 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), From Tunnelling Companies
2 Jun 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 7960, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Wound to the left arm. Invalided to England on 7 June 1918
6 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 7960, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Next of kin given as a friend Sarah Hampton of Springfield Road, Belfast, Ireland.

Commenced return to Australia on 4 January 1919 aboard HS Morvada disembarking on 18 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal