SWEENEY, Daniel O'Niel
| Service Number: | 984 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 January 1915, Ouyen, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Charlton, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Cowangie, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | School teacher |
| Died: | Tuberculosis, New South Wales, Australia, 16 July 1919 |
| Cemetery: |
Katoomba General Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bridgewater & Memsie Districts Honor Roll, Bridgewater Memorial Hall & Honour Roll, Bridgewater on Loddon School Honour Roll, Cowangie Avenue of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 984, Ouyen, Victoria | |
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| 10 Apr 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant | |
| 10 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 984, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 984, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 29 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 984, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 14 Sep 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 984, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, m/u |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Rod Jonasson
"...984 Sergeant Daniel O'Neill Sweeney, 21st (later 2nd Pioneer) Battalion, originally of Bridgewater-on-Loddon, England. Sgt Sweeney enlisted on 29 January 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ulysses (A38) on 8 May 1915. After service at Gallipoli, Turkey, he was invalided to Egypt and over the following nine months he was hospitalised in France and England. He returned to Australia on 24 June 1916 as an invalid and was discharged medically unfit on 14 September 1916. He died on 16 July 1919 as a result of the lung disease he contracted at Gallipoli. Sgt Sweeney is buried in the Katoomba General Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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