Michael John O'MEARA

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Service Number:	4215
Enlisted:	2 December 1915, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	5th Divisional Ammunition Column
Born:	Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia, 7 December 1965, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Roman Catholic area, Row G, Grave 64
Memorials:

2 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4215, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
8 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4215, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
8 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4215, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney
17 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column
6 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 4215, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Michael O'Meara and Johanna O'Meara of Tipperary Rocky Point Road, Kogarah, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 3 May 1919 aboard HT Leicestshire disembarking on 22 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1928c Michael married Elizabeth M. Sweeney in Kogarah, NSW