Albert Ernest O'NEILL

O'NEILL, Albert Ernest

Service Number: 54019
Enlisted: 25 April 1918, Enlisted at Wagga Wagga, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 33rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, 11 August 1899
Home Town: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Wagga Wagga Hospital, New South Wales, Australia, 20 October 1953, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Wagga Wagga General (Monumental) Cemetery
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World War 1 Service

25 Apr 1918: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 54019, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, Enlisted at Wagga Wagga, NSW
19 Jun 1918: Involvement Private, 54019, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Field Marshal embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
19 Jun 1918: Embarked Private, 54019, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, SS Field Marshal, Sydney
27 Sep 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 19th Infantry Battalion, In France
27 Mar 1919: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 33rd Infantry Battalion
8 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 54019, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

At the time of enlistng Albert was living in Wagga Wagga, NSW

Son of Henry Albert E. and  Mary Rebecca O'Neill of Moss Vale,  NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 1 August 1919 aboard HT Argyllshire disembarking on 22 September 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medal: British War Medal

During 1921c Albert married Alma Maude Jones in Wagga Wagga, NSW