Charles John O'NEILL

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Service Number:	4885
Enlisted:	30 April 1915, Enlisted at Korumburra, Victoria
Last Rank:	Bombardier
Last Unit:	2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Korumburra, South Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Coal Miner
Died:	Korumburra, Victoria, Australia, 13 September 1957, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Korumburra Civil Cemetery, Victoria Row Z, Grave 074
Memorials:

30 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 4885, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Korumburra, Victoria
15 Sep 1915:	Involvement Driver, 4885, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
15 Sep 1915:	Embarked Driver, 4885, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , SS Makarini, Melbourne
4 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Bombardier, 4885, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Wounds to the arm and left thigh. Invalided to England on 13 May 1918
14 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Bombardier, 4885, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Charles John O'Neill and Rose Ann O'Neill nee Monoghan of Mine Road, Korumburra, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 12 April 1919 aboard HT Suffolk disembarking on 5 June 1919

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