John Baptist O'HEHIR

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Service Number:	3180
Enlisted:	9 August 1915, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales Australia , 1875
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stationer
Died:	Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 1927, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

9 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3180, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3180, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3180, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
10 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Pioneer Battalion, At Serapeum
21 May 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3180, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to synovitis of the left knee

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Address at the tim of enlistment was given as C/- J J Adams Boat Proprietor, Spit Middle Harbor, NSW.

Son of James O'Hehir and Elizabeth O'Hehir of Sydney, NSW

Next of kin given as his sister Elizabeth Purcell of Chippendale, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 13 February 1917 aboard HT Ulysses disembarking on 14 April 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Jean O'Hehir ne McKendry of Mosman, NSW. John and Jean married during 1917c in Sydney, NSW