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O'HEHIR, Cornelius
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1858 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 October 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia, 22 June 1896 |
| Home Town: | Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bottlemaker |
| Died: | Ryde, New South Wales, Australia, 1955, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1858, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 2 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 1858, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 1858, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 21 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
| 17 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1858, 4th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District for disciplinary reasons |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Michael O'Hehir and Elizabeth O'Hehir of Walker Street, Redfern, NSW
Apprenticed to J.F. Worrell of Sydney for five years
Commenced return to Australia on 19 August 1919 aboard HT Ajana but failed to re-embark at America on 3 September 1919; journeyed to NZ aboard Paparoa then continued passage to Australia on 11 November 1919 from New Zealand aboard HT Mooraki disembarking on 14 November 1919
Not eligible for medals.
During 1936c Cornelius married Mary Gertrude Clare in Redfern, NSW