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O'NEILL, Francis Parnell

Service Number:	907
Enlisted:	23 February 1916
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Hope, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fitter and turner
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 1 September 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

23 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 43rd Infantry Battalion
9 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 907, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
9 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 907, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
1 Sep 1918:	Involvement Corporal, 907, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 907 awm_unit: 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-09-01

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