Thomas O'DEA

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Service Number:	16796
Enlisted:	9 May 1916, Enlisted at Fremantle, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Field Ambulance
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 1895
Home Town:	Gosnells, Gosnells, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 31 March 1952, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Ryde, New South Wales
Memorials:	Gosnells Primary School Pictorial Honour Roll, Gosnells Road Board HR, Gosnells Ward Roll of Honor

9 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 16796, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Enlisted at Fremantle, WA
29 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 16796, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
29 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 16796, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle
21 Jul 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Field Ambulance, From re-inforcements
22 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Field Ambulance, Gassed. Embarked HS Grantully Castle for England on 23 December 1917
24 Jun 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 16796, 7th Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to gassing

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Son of Patrick O'Dea and Mary O'Dea nee Kelly of Gosnells, WA.

Commenced return to Australia on 28 April 1918 from Dueban aboard HS Field Marshall disembarking on 13 May 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1923c Thomas married Dagmar Vida Heitmann in Perth