Desmond Denis O'NEILL

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Service Numbers:	1564, 727, 1564
Enlisted:	22 September 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bega, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Coraki, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Public School Coraki, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Mont St, Quentin, France, 31 August 1918
Cemetery:	Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Monacu. France Plot 11, Row J, Grave 20. Headstone inscription reads: In loving memory of our dear son R.I.P.
Memorials:

22 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1564, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
23 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 1564, 7th Light Horse Regiment, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney
23 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 1564, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
29 Sep 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1564, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Miltary District as medically unfit due to hernia
5 Mar 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 727, 1564, 5th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
1 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 18th Infantry Battalion, From 5th Machine Gun Company
16 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 20th Infantry Battalion, From 18th Battalion. Letter A added when taken on strength now 727A

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Son of Dennis Lawrence O'Neill and Pauline O'Neill of Stanley Street, Leichhardt, Sydney, NSW.

On 10 June 1916 Desmond returned to Australia aboard HT Itonus for a hernia operation after which he was discharged until re-enlisting in 1917.

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