Andrew Joseph O'DOWD

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Service Number:	2854
Enlisted:	19 October 1916, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	36th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, 1883
Home Town:	Mount Larcom, Gladstone, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Queensland, 2 August 1948, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Larcom Cemetery, Queensland, Australia
Memorials:

19 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2854, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
25 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 2854, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
25 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 2854, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
4 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2854, 36th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right hand. Invalided to England on 7 April 1918
7 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2854, 36th 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 Braenell, Mount Larcom, QLD.

Son of William O'Dowd and Sarah White formerly O'Dowd nee Wyatt of Short Street, Surry Hills, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 10 December 1918 aboard HT Somali disembarking on 8 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1919c Andrew married Catherine Rosina Fitzpatrick in Quirindi, NSW