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O'REILLY, John Thomas
Personal Details
Service Number: | 5296 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Woollahra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 24 April 1893 |
Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Loreto Convent, Adelaide Terrace, Perth, Western Australia |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Victoria Park St Joachim's Catholic Church Honour Board, Victoria Park War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
7 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5296, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
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7 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5296, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
3 May 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 5296, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5296 awm_unit: 28 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-03 |
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