Walter Cresswell O'REILLY

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O'REILLY, Walter Cresswell

Service Number:	36648
Enlisted:	16 February 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1877
Home Town:	Pymble, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Civil Servant
Died:	Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 1954, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

16 Feb 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 36648, Field Artillery Brigades, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
5 Nov 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 36648, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
5 Nov 1917:	Embarked Gunner, 36648, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney
11 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
31 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 36648, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Walter William J. O'Reilly and Mary Narcissa nee Taylor O'Reilly of Sydney, NSW.

Husband of Ethel Jane O'Reilly nee Vickery of 'Hyper', Telegraph Road, Pymble, NSW. Walter and Ethel married during 1909c in Waverly, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 19 June 1919 aboard HT Miltiades disembarking on 8 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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