Michael O'NEILL

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Service Number:	5812
Enlisted:	16 January 1918, Enlisted at Darlinghurst, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 20 July 1882
Home Town:	Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner & Cook
Memorials:	Mosman War Memorial

16 Jan 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5812, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Darlinghurst, NSW
8 May 1918:	Involvement Private, 5812, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
8 May 1918:	Embarked Private, 5812, 1st Pioneer Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney
4 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5812, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Cowles Road, Mosman, NSW.

Son of David Joseph O'Neill of Grosney Lane, Geelong West, Victoria.

Next of kin later changed to his sister Marie Wellington of Cowles Road, Mosman, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 23 July 1919 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 10 September 1919

Medal: British War Medal