John O'REILLY

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Service Number:	891
Enlisted:	30 October 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	42nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bingera, Queensland, Australia, 1883
Home Town:	Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Baker
Memorials:

30 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 891, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
5 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 891, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
5 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 891, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney
25 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 891, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the right arm and leg
24 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 891, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the right foot. Invalided to England on 8 May 1918
29 Oct 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 891, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as wounded

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Son of James O'Reilly of Goodwood, QLD.

Apprenticed to Gorring Childers of Churchill Street, Bundaberg, QLD for eight years

Commenced return to Australia on 31 July 1918 aboard HT Malta disembarking on 28 September 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel overland to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal