Family and friends have remembered Australian man Michael ‘Mick’ Charles O’Neill as a 'larrikin and always a battler' who tragically lost his life while trying to evacuate women and children in war-torn Ukraine.
Tributes flow for Tasmanian humanitarian Michael ‘Mick’ Charles O’Neill who died in Ukraine while rescuing civilians
In a heartbreaking social media post, his sister Bernadette said the humanitarian father-of-three was “always looking for a cause.” Tasmanian man Michael ‘Mick’ Charles O’Neill who was 'always looking for a cause,' is being mourned after he died while assisting in humanitarian efforts in Ukraine. Picture: Facebook.“He then assisted driving the wounded and injured from the front line,” the touching Facebook tribute said.“As an experienced truck driver he felt his services could be utilised driving trucks helping people leave the country.
Mr O’Neill, who has been described as a"larrikin and always a battler" was a mining industry truck driver and usually spent up to half of the year in the Philippines with his two youngest kids.
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