Mathew James O'HALLORAN

O'HALLORAN, Mathew James

    Service Number: 2719
    Enlisted: 15 July 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 52nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Lefroy, Tasmania, Australia, 4 January 1894
    Home Town: Gladstone, Dorset, Tasmania
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Miner
    Died: Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 15 June 1960, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Footscray Cemetery, Victoria
    Roman Catholic C, Grave 1782
    Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    15 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2719, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
    10 Sep 1915: Involvement Private, 2719, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    10 Sep 1915: Embarked Private, 2719, 12th Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Melbourne
    1 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion, From 12th Battalion
    3 Sep 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2719, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wound to the head and right leg. Invalided to England on 6September 1916 aboard HS Asturias
    23 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 69th Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 52nd Battalion
    21 Sep 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion, From 69th Battalion
    5 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2719, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the abdomen
    5 May 1918: Imprisoned Taken prisoner of war while suffering wounds to the abdomen and back admitted the Kriegslazarett, Valenciennes. Repatriated to England arriving on 4 January 1919
    4 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2719, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Matthew O'Halloran and Magaret O'Halloran nee Finan of Gladstone, Tasmania

    Commenced return to Australia on 5 April 1919 aboard HT Armagh disembarking on 18 May 1919

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

    Husband of Elizabeth Ellen O'Halloran nee McDonnell. Mathew and Elizabeth married during 1925c  in Victoria

     

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