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O'REILLY, Francis Michael
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2478 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 April 1916, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 1875 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 29 November 1945, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland RC 3, Row 001, Grave 0014. Family grave |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2478, 49th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD | |
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| 19 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2478, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2478, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane | |
| 5 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2478, 49th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the face. Embarked for England on 22 April 1917 aboard HS Western Australia | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2478, 49th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Shrapnel wound to the right thigh. Embarked for England on 1 October 1917 aboard HS Stad Antwerphen | |
| 16 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, From 49th Battalion | |
| 2 Nov 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2478, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to hernia |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Francis O'Reilly and Mary O'Reilly nee Hackett of Neil Street, Toowoomba, QLD.
Commenced return to Australia on 7 June 1918 aboard HT Essex disembarking on 1 August 1918 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 15 December 1938 Francis married Margaret Beryl Plowman in QLD