Ambrose O'HARE

O'HARE, Ambrose

Service Numbers: 634, 300
Enlisted: 12 August 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Lance Sergeant
Last Unit: 19th Infantry Battalion
Born: Liverpool, Lancashire, England, 1877
Home Town: Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Valet
Died: Colwol, Herefordshire, England, 1951, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: St. James the Great Churchyard, Colwall, Herefordshire, England
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World War 1 Service

12 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 634, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
19 Aug 1914: Embarked Private, 634, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
19 Aug 1914: Involvement Private, 634, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
4 Mar 1915: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 634, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Discharged at the 2nd Military District
15 Apr 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 300, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
21 Sep 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 300, 19th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right hand and malaria
26 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 300, 19th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Next of kin given as E J Condry of 'Kia Lama', Carrington Parade, Harbord, near Manly, NSW

Before arriving in Australia Ambrose had served for twelve years in the North Lancashire Regiment.

Husband of Kate O'Hare nee Timbrell of Fossil Bank, Colwol, Herefordshire, England. Ambrose and Kate married on 27 February 1917 in Colwol Church, Rev. P. Harris officiated

Commenced return to Australia on 24 August 1918 aboard HT Medic disembarking on 9 October 1918

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

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