Thomas Walter O'MARA

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Service Number:	2204
Enlisted:	12 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Hampton, Victoria, Australia, 1872
Home Town:	Hampton, Bayside, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Seaman
Died:	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 26 November 1921, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cheltenham (Pioneer) Cemetery, Victoria Interred on 28 November 1921. Commemorated in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

12 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2204, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
27 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2204, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
27 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2204, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
11 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, From 23rd Battalion
13 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), From 2nd Pioneer Battalion
19 Dec 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2204, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to nephritis

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Son of John O'Mara and Margaret O'Mara nee Taylor of Hampton, Victoria

Next of kin given as his sister Lilian Prescott Banfield Street, North Hampton, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 10 Spetember 1917 aboard HT Ulysses disembarking on 13 November 1917

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

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