O'NEILL  J.A.

Given Names:  John Alban

               

Service Number:  3093

Unit:  7th Battalion, 10th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  29 Yrs   

Occupation:  Bullock Driver                                                                                            

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Roman Catholic

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7¾ In                  

Weight:  144 Lbs

Chest:  33-36½ In

Hair:  Black

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Sallow

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  10/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Alice C. O'Neill

205 Brougham Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                 

Embarkation Date:  29/9/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  RMS Osterley

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Port Darwin                                     

Embarked:  11/1/1918                               

Disembarked:  4/3/1918

Unit:  59th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  22/4/1918                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  7177

British War Medal:  21253

Victory Medal:  21121

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1886

Place:  Trafalgar, Victoria                         

Father:            

Mother:   

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1911            

Place:             

Spouse: Alice MARSH

 

DEATH

Date or Year:  

Place: ,           

Burial:  ,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 19/7/1916; gun shot wound, thigh

At discharge, recurring synovitis (both knees)

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary