David Augustus O'NEIL

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O'NEIL, David Augustus

Service Number:	255
Enlisted:	30 March 1915, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Camperdown, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bootmaker
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

30 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 255, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 255, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 255, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
31 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 255, 24th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Thomas O'Neil and Martha O'Neil nee Wells of Camperdown, Victoria.

Husband of Katie O'Neil nee Kirwin of Stephens Street, South Richmond, Victoria. David and Katie married during 1915c in Victoria. Later changed to his son Charles Heffernan O'Neil of the St. Augustines Ophanage, Geelong, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 20 May 1919 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on 2 July 1919

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

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