Denis O'HARA

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Service Number:	51
Enlisted:	17 September 1914, Enlisted at Ayr, QLD
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
Born:	Townsville, Queensland, Australia , 11 June 1893
Home Town:	Ayr, Burdekin, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Ayr, Queensland, Australia, 20 June 1972, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Ayr Cemetery, Queensland Grave 3707 Commemorated with a plaque in the QLD Garden of Remembrance. Garden Wall 0002, Row C
Memorials:

17 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 51, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Ayr, QLD
21 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 51, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
21 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 51, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Sydney
24 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, From 5th Light Horse Regiment
3 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of Patrick James O'Hara and Emily Maud O'Hara nee Williams of Ayr, Lower Burdekin, QLD.

Commeced return to Australia on 16 May 1919 aboard HT Orari disembarking on 4 July 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

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

On 13 August 1921 Denis married Ruby Beryl Rains in QLD