Morgan Alfred O'MARA

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Service Number:	5650
Enlisted:	22 April 1916, Enlisted at Drouin, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Drouin, Baw Baw, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Saddler's Assistant
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 1 September 1930, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic 1, Grave 941.
Memorials:

22 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5650, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Drouin, Victoria
25 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 5650, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 5650, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
10 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5650, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to cataleptic attacks

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as C/- Mr Ward of Drouin, Victoria

Son of Philip O'Mara and Sarah Anne O'Mara nee Dale of Lindenow via Sale, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 27 August 1917 aboard HT Pakeha disembarking on 24 October 1917

Medal: British War Medal