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O'NEILL, James Gordon
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1994 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
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 Plot II, Row G, Grave No. 12 |
Memorials: | Cairns Cenotaph, Gordonvale War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
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: '' | |
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16 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1994, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane | |
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 |
Personal Stories
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