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O'SHEA, James Arthur
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 2498, 2498/A |
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Enlisted: | 22 May 1915, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Zeehan, Tasmania, 1897 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Grocer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 29 September 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery Plot I, Row E, Grave 45 Headstone Inscription "REST IN PEACE DEAR SON AS GOD HAS WILLED IT SO", Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery, Templeux-le-Guerard, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
22 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2498, 8th Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria | |
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16 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 2498, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
29 Sep 1918: | Involvement Private, 2498/A, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2498/A awm_unit: 5th Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-09-29 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of James A. and Ann O'SHEA, of Erica, Victoria, Australia. Born at Zeehan, Tasmania.