O'NEILL, Charles Bernard
| Service Number: | 1263 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 May 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 10th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 12 April 1915 |
| Home Town: | Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Buggy Driver |
| Died: | Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, 1953, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 12 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1263, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 30 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 1263, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 1263, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 16 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , In France | |
| 1 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 1263, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Charles O'Neill and Catherine O'Neill of "Bethany", Sebastopol Street, Marrickville, NSW
Brother of John Patrick O'Neill MM who was killed in action on 16 October 1917 while serving with the 1st Field Artillery Brigade and has no known grave. His name appears on Menin Gate, Ypres, Panel 7; Frank Joseph O'Neill who returned to Australia on 26 August 1919 having served with the 13th Battalion; William Edward O'Neill who returned to Australia on 11 June 1919 having served with the 1st Field Artillery Brigade
Commenced return to Australia on 20 Decebmer 1918 aboard HT Orontes disembarking on 3 February 1919
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1942c Charles married Daphne May White in Wagga Wagga, NSW