Ralph Ernest O'NEILL

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Service Number:	6863
Enlisted:	24 November 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Chester, Cheshire, England, 1895
Home Town:	St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Insurance Agent
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 30 April 1965, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Preston General Cemetery, Bundoora, Victoria Row H, Grave 6291
Memorials:

24 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6863, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
1 Feb 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 6863, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
1 Feb 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 6863, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
24 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 4th Divisional Signal Company, From 2nd Divisional Signal Company
13 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
14 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 6863, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to neurasthenia

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Son of Francis Henry O'Neill and Catherine O'Neill nee McGowan of Inkerman Street, East St. Kilda, Victoria formerly of Chester, England.

Commenced return to Australia on 19 October 1918 aboard HT Sardinia disembarking on 27 December 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1921c Ralph married May Butterworth in Victoria