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He was killed during the storming of the Eureka Stockade on 3 December 1854. His father's name was John O'Neil/O'Neill. | He was killed during the storming of the Eureka Stockade on 3 December 1854. His father's name was John O'Neil/O'Neill. | ||
Thomas said he was a farmer, and immigrated to Victoria in 1851. He was a pikeman, who had two broken legs and a musket ball in his body but was still using his pike when he was killed. The informant on his death certificate was Dennis Keys, a storekeeper. O'Neill Drive in the [[Ballaarat Old Cemetery]] is named after Thomas O'Neil/O'Neill. <ref>Dorothy Wickham, ''Deaths at Eureka'', 1996. </ref> | Thomas said he was a farmer, and immigrated to Victoria in 1851. He was a pikeman, who had two broken legs and a musket ball in his body but was still using his pike when he was killed. The informant on his death certificate was Dennis Keys, a storekeeper. O'Neill Drive in the [[Ballaarat Old Cemetery]] is named after Thomas O'Neil/O'Neill. <ref>Dorothy Wickham, ''Deaths at Eureka'', 1996. </ref> | ||
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+ | Storekeeper [[Dennis Keys]] was the informant on the death certificates of [[Edward McGlynn]] and [[Thomas O'Neill]], who were both killed as the result of the [[Eureka Stockade]] battle.<ref>Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.</ref> | ||
==Post 1854 Experiences== | ==Post 1854 Experiences== |
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Contents
Background
Thomas O'Neill was born at County Kilkenny, Ireland. [1] The death certificate of Thomas O'Neil records that he was born around 1824 Paulstown, Kilkenny, Ireland.
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
He was killed during the storming of the Eureka Stockade on 3 December 1854. His father's name was John O'Neil/O'Neill. Thomas said he was a farmer, and immigrated to Victoria in 1851. He was a pikeman, who had two broken legs and a musket ball in his body but was still using his pike when he was killed. The informant on his death certificate was Dennis Keys, a storekeeper. O'Neill Drive in the Ballaarat Old Cemetery is named after Thomas O'Neil/O'Neill. [2]
Storekeeper Dennis Keys was the informant on the death certificates of Edward McGlynn and Thomas O'Neill, who were both killed as the result of the Eureka Stockade battle.[3]
Post 1854 Experiences
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.