Clarence O'NEILL

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Service Number:	140
Enlisted:	26 February 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Albany, Western Australia, 12 February 1883
Home Town:	Mount Barker, Plantagenet Shire, Western Australia
Schooling:	Mount Barker State School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Wounds whilst a prisoner of war, Germany, 5 October 1916, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Cologne Southern Cemetery XVII B 23
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Mount Barker (WA) War Memorial

26 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 140, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 140, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 140, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
29 Jul 1916:	Imprisoned Taken Prisoner of War at Pozieres while wounded.
29 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 140, 28th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the lung

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Son of Thomas Cranston O'Neill and Elizabeth O'Neill nee Duplex of Mount Barker, WA.

Brother of Alexander Thomas O'Neill who returned to Australia on 17 August 1919 having served with the 10th Light Horse Regiment

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