John O'MARA

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Service Number:	16
Enlisted:	4 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	12th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Limerick, Ireland, 1876
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Prince Henry Hospital, New South Wales, Australia, 19 December 1934, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
Memorials:

4 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 16, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
13 Jun 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 16, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
13 Jun 1915:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 16, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
4 Apr 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 16, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism and senility

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Hotel Sydney, Sydney, NSW.

Next of kin given as his sister Mrs. John Fitzgerald of Mary Street, Glen, County Limerick, Ireland.

Returned to Australia aboard HS Euripides disembarking on 21 February 1917

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal