Louis Arthur O'MEARA

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Service Number:	5728
Enlisted:	19 January 1916, Enlisted at Cairns, QLD
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 14 June 1895
Home Town:	Herberton, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 20 July 1955, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cairns (General) Cemetery, Queensland
Memorials:	Evelyn Scrub War Memorial, Herberton War Memorial, Padre White Memorial Chapel

19 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5728, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cairns, QLD
4 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 5728, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 5728, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane
20 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5728, 9th Infantry Battalion, Severe wound to the forearm
6 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 5728, 9th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District
Date unknown:	Wounded 5728, 9th Infantry Battalion

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Son of Thomas O'Meara and Adeline Murial O'Meara nee Dunne of Kaban, Herberton, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 11 July 1919 aboard HT Norman disembarking on 20 August 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 14 September 1934 Arthur married Ellen Chirstina Louisa Allendorff in QLD.