Arthur Joseph O'NEILL

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O'NEILL, Arthur Joseph

Service Number:	116
Enlisted:	13 April 1916, Enlisted at Broken Hill, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Barker, South Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Freeling, Light, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Calvary Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia, 23 May 1935, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: LO, Road: 8S, Site No: 18
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World War 1 Service

13 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 116, 3rd Division Cyclist Company, Enlisted at Broken Hill, NSW
18 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 116, 3rd Division Cyclist Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
18 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 116, 3rd Division Cyclist Company, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
7 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion
6 Dec 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 116, 49th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to chronic Gastritis

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address at the time of enlistment was given as 'Mimosa Station', Gayndah, QLD.

Son of Thomas O'Neill of Freeling, SA. Later changed to his wife Ellen O'Neill of Creslin Street, Camden, SA formerly of Broken Hill, NSW. Arthur and Ellen married during 1905c in Broken Hill, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 11 August 1918 aboard HT Malta disembarking on 24 September 1918 at Melbourne then overland to Adelaide

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Residential address at the time of death was given as 'Waterbag Station', Broken Hill, NSW.

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