John O'REILLY

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Service Number:	2808
Enlisted:	21 July 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hellidon, Queensland, Australia, 28 July 1892
Home Town:	Kings Creek, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	School Teacher
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 25 August 1967, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Nudgee Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane C1-08-26. Interred on 28 August 1967
Memorials:

21 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2808, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
21 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2808, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2808, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Brisbane
28 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Infantry Battalion, From 25th Battalion
20 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2808, 9th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the leg
30 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2808, 9th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of Peter O'Reilly and Ursula Agnes O'Reilly nee O'Neill of State School, King's Creek, Clifton, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 12 April 1919 aboard HT Suffolk disembarking on 5 June 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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