Francis Henry O'NEILL

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Service Number:	83
Enlisted:	1 September 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	2nd Field Company Engineers
Born:	Chester, Cheshire, England, 1890
Home Town:	South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Tuberucolois, Repatriation Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 13 August 1955
Cemetery:	Preston General Cemetery, Bundoora, Victoria Row C, Grave 3060
Memorials:

1 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 83, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
21 Oct 1914:	Involvement Sapper, 83, 2nd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked Sapper, 83, 2nd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
10 May 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 83, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to bronchitis

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Address at the time of enlistment was Wilson Street, South Yarra, Victoria.

Son of Francis Henry O'Neill and Catherine O'Neill nee MCGowan of Melbourne, Victoria formerly from Chester, England.

Served a two year painting apprenticeship with Bull Bros of Liverpool, England

Commenced return to Australia on 27 August 1915 aboard HT Euripides 1 October 1915

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

During 1917c France married Ivy May Clayton in Victoria