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O'NEILL, Victor Leslie
Personal Details
Service Number: | 7616 |
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Enlisted: | 16 May 1917, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 1898 |
Home Town: | South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farm Hand |
Died: | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 11 August 1957, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cassia, Wall AA, Niche 414. Cremation service held on 14 August 1957 and held in perpetuity. Commemorated in the the Victoria Garden of Remembrance |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
16 May 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7616, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria | |
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4 Aug 1917: | Involvement Private, 7616, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
4 Aug 1917: | Embarked Private, 7616, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
6 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7616, 5th Infantry Battalion, Severe bomb wound to the chest. Invalided to England on 3 July 1918 | |
25 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7616, 5th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edward O'Neill and Alice Amelia O'Neill nee David of Grosvenor Street, South Yarra, Victoria.
Commenced return to Australia on 23 September 1918 aboard HT Runic disembarking on 26 November 1918
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1930c Victor married Rita Doreen Clark in Victoria