Patrick John O'REILLY

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Service Number:	5668
Enlisted:	1 December 1915, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Coxs River, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Lockhart, Lockhart, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	School teacher
Died:	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 1962, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bathurst General Cemetery
Memorials:

1 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5668, Cootamundra, New South Wales
9 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5668, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
9 Sep 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5668, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
3 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5668, 20th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, GSW (right thigh)
29 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5668, 20th Infantry Battalion

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Public School, Lochhart, NSW

Son of Patrick Joseph O'Reilly and Louisa O'Reilly of Coxs River via Camden, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 5 March 1919 aboard HT Nevasa disembarking on 23 April 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal