Robert O'MARA

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Service Number:	1892
Enlisted:	19 January 1916, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	3rd Australian Light Railway Operating Company
Born:	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engine Driver
Died:	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 1951, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

19 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1892, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
14 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1892, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1892, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
2 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Australian Light Railway Operating Company, From 1st Pioneer Battalion
9 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1892, 3rd Australian Light Railway Operating Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Michael Joseph O'Mara and Bridget O'Mara of Parramatta, NSW

Husband of Helen Mary O'Mara of Denison Street, Newtown, NSW

Commenced return to Australia 2 March 1919 aboard HT Derbyshire disembarking on 7 April 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal