Bert Coombes O'LOUGHLIN

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O'LOUGHLIN, Bert Coombes

Service Numbers:	2057, 54723
Enlisted:	16 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW. Service number later changed to 54723
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 5 July 1885
Home Town:	Darlington , New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Packer
Died:	Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 29 June 1938, aged 52 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
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World War 1 Service

16 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2057, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW. Service number later changed to 54723
13 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 2057, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
13 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 2057, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney
7 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 54723, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Admitted to Malta hospital on 12 August 1915, shrapnel wound to the leg
11 Sep 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 54723, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding
2 May 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 54723, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Re-enlisted at Sydney, NSW
19 Jun 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 54723, 3rd Infantry Battalion, From Sydney, NSW
10 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 54723, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Michael O'Loughlin and Bridget O'Loughlin of Hobart, Tasmania.

Next of kin given as Leo O'Loughlin of Johnsons Hotel, City Road, Darlington, NSW later changed to his sister Maggie Perks

Returned to Australia, first time on 11 March 1916 aboard HT Suevic as wounded

Commenced return to Australia 9 December 1918 aboard HT Argyllshire disembarking on 14 February 1919

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

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