Victor Leslie O'NEILL

O'NEILL, Victor Leslie

Service Number: 7616
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
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World War 1 Service

16 May 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7616, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria
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

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Biography 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