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Luke O'NIELL

Regimental number593
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinMother, Mrs Sarah O'Niell, 1809 Leviathan Street, South Boulder, Western Australia
Enlistment date4 May 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll5 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 24 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 16 April 1918
Place of burialDernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VIII, Row H, Grave No. 8), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
108
Medals

Military Medal

'For conspicuous gallantry in action. In the attack on MALT TRENCH, north of WARLENCOURT, on the night 1st/2nd March, 1917, he organized and took charge of a bombing party and carried out a successful bombing attack against a strong post.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 140
Date: 27 August 1917

Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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