Reuben James ONIONS

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ONIONS, Reuben James

Service Number:	6298
Enlisted:	6 April 1916, Enlisted at Kiama, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Headnesford, England, 1890
Home Town:	Bellambi, Wollongong, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 17 June 1975, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Wollongong City Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, New, South Wales Interred in the 1st Rose Garden, Position A. Commemorated on the Corrimal Methodist Honour Roll.
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World War 1 Service

6 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6298, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kiama, NSW
9 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 6298, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
9 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 6298, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
23 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 61st Infantry Battalion , From 13th Battalion
2 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Infantry Battalion, From 61st Battalion
31 Mar 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6298, 13th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left elbow. Embarked for England on 4 April 1918 aboard HS Pierre de Conick
11 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6298, 13th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the upper arm. Invalided to England on 14 August 1918
13 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6298, 13th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John William Onions and Frances Clara Onions nee Ward of Russell Vale, Bellambi, NSW, Brother of Bert Onions who returned to Australia on 13 October 1919 having served with the 53rd Battalion

Commenced return to Australia on 15 January 1919 aboard HT City of Essex disembarking on 2 March 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.

During 1920c Reuben married married Beatrice Roebuck, in Wollongong, NSW.

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