James Gordon O'NEILL

O'NEILL, James Gordon

    Service Number: 1994
    Enlisted: 27 January 1915, Enlisted at Cairns, QLD
    Last Rank: Second Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 48th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Cooktown, Queensland, Australia, 21 August 1893
    Home Town: Gordonvale, Cairns, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Killed In Action, France, 8 August 1918, aged 24 years
    Cemetery: Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France
    Plot II, Row G, Grave No. 12
    Memorials: Cairns Cenotaph, Gordonvale War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    27 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1994, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cairns, QLD
    16 Apr 1915: Involvement Private, 1994, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
    16 Apr 1915: Embarked Private, 1994, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
    23 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion, From 9th Battalion
    26 May 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 48th Infantry Battalion, From 47th Battalion
    8 Aug 1918: Involvement Second Lieutenant, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-08-08
    Date unknown: Involvement 1994, 48th Infantry Battalion

    A Relative always remembered. Lest We Forget

    Unfortunately I never got the opportunity of knowing much about my relative.
    I had a fantastic experience of being able to visit his grave during a trip to Europe some years ago. Flag and Cross left on his headstone.


    RIP.
    Lest We Forget.

    Submitted 7 August 2024 by Barry O'Neill

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of James O'Neill and Edith O'Neill nee Williams of Gordon Vale, QLD.

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

     

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