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Peter Aloysius O'NEILL

Regimental number6544
Place of birthBrisbane, Queensland
SchoolBundaberg State High School, Queensland
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationStation hand
AddressGeorge Street, Bundaberg, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, T 0'Neill, George Street, Bundaberg, Queensland
Enlistment date4 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A36 Boonah on 21 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 20 August 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery, (Plot I, Row Z, Grave 35), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
77
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Thomas and Mary Ann O'Neill, George Street, Bundaberg, Queensland
Family/military connectionsBrother: Timothy James O'NEILL, Lance Corporal 1208, 11th Light Horse, killed in action 7 November 1917; Brother: John Alphonsus O'NEILL, Sergeant 3649, 42nd Bn, returned to Australia 2 January 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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