Michael O'MARA

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Service Number:	1512
Enlisted:	13 September 1915, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	7th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Young, New South Wales, Australia, 5 November 1882
Home Town:	Young, Young, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Leeton, New South Wales, Australia, 17 January 1969, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Leeton General Cemetery, NSW Roman Catholic 2, Row 1, Grave 11
Memorials:

13 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1512, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 1512, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 1512, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
5 Feb 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 1512, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to typhoid pneumonia

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Son of Michael O'Mara and Mary O'Mara of Younf, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 11 May 1916 aboard HS Kanowna disembarking on 15 June 1916

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

Husband of Susan Charlotte O'Mara nee Strickland