John Augustus O'SHEA

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Service Number:	3607
Enlisted:	8 January 1916, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lancefield, Victoria, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Greenmount, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 20 September 1944, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland
Memorials:

8 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3607, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 3607, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 3607, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane
23 Feb 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3607, 31st Infantry Battalion, Wound to the thigh. Embarked for England on 3 March 1917 aboard HT Formosa
17 Jan 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3607, 31st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as C/- A.E. Galbraith, Greenmount, Darling Downs, QLD.

Son of Michael O'Shea and Catherine (Kate) O'Shea nee O'Brien of Lancefield, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 19 October 1917 aboard HT Port Lyttleton disembarking on 15 July 1917 at Melbourne then overland to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Annie Emma Charlotte O'Shea nee Beh. John and Annie married on 23 November 1929 in QLD