Place Names Register Extract

O'Neill Street

Extract date: 29/03/2024

Name O'Neill
Type Designation Street
Place Id 24643
Place Type Road
Status Registered
Date Registered 30 September 2014
Locality / Suburb  
  Muirhead
Local Government Area  
  Darwin City Council
History/Origin Named in commemoration of Sapper Alfred O'Neill who enlisted for the Australian Army in Darwin in 1916 at the age of 31. Sapper Alfred O'Neill served with the Australian Imperial Force, 1st Tunnelling Company. He was killed in action in Belgium on 2 October 1917. Sapper Alfred O'Neill's name appears on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial, and the Darwin Cenotaph.

Register & Gazettal information

Date Gazettal Comment
30/09/2014 Date added to the Register
15/10/2014 NTG G41 Date Gazetted
08/07/2015 NTG G27 Extension - Date Gazetted

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