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Richard Francis O'Neill

Name on Board RF O’Neill
Name on Service
Records
Richard Francis  O'Neill
Enlistment Age 21
Occupation Cinematographer
Place of Birth Bendigo, Vic
Next of Kin Mary O'Neill
Address Corinella', 38 Hannan St, Williamstown, Vic
Marital Status S
Enlistment Date 4/02/1916
Service No. 1261
Enlistment Place Melbourne, Vic
Embarkation Place Melbourne
Embarkation Date 20/06/1916
Embarkation Ship HMAT Runic A54
Unit on Embarkation 38th Australian Infantry Battalion
Date of Death 4/10/1917
Unit on Death 38th Australian Infantry Battalion
Rank on Death Lance Corporal
Cause of Death KIA
Place of Wounding/
Death
Broodseinde Ridge, Passchendaele, Belgium (No known grave)
Cemetery or Memorial Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium
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