Geoffrey O'SHEA

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Service Number:	3200
Enlisted:	5 October 1916, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	55th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kilkenny, Ireland, 1893
Home Town:	Bega, Bega Valley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

5 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3200, 55th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
11 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 3200, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 3200, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
4 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3200, 55th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the back. Invalided to England on 7 July 1918
22 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3200, 55th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as 'Daisy Bank', Bega, NSW

Son of Michael O'Shea, Mullimbay of Peltown, County Killarney, Ireland.

Commenced return to Australia on 25 January 1919 aboard HT Ceramic disembarking on 14 March 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal