Patrick O'DEA

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Service Number:	675
Enlisted:	13 March 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, 1877
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, 5 March 1961, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Roman Catholic, Section LA, Grave 0257. Commemorated with a plaque in the WA Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

13 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 675, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 675, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 675, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
27 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 70th Infantry Battalion, From 28th Battalion.
19 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 28th Infantry Battalion
12 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 675, 28th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th medically unfit

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Son of Martine O'Dea and Bridget O'Dea nee Warren of Perth, WA.

Next of kin given as his brother Michael O'Dea of Thomas Street, Perth, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 31 December 1918 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on 18 January 1919

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