Philip O'MARA

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Other Name:	O'MARA, James Phillip
Service Number:	1608
Enlisted:	15 December 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Jugiong, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Yass, New South Wales, Australia, 20 July 1920, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Jugiong Cemetery, New South Wales
Memorials:

15 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1608, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1608, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1608, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Sydney
17 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1608, 4th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the right shoulder. Transferred to England aboard HS St. Denis
11 Apr 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1608, 4th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded

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Also known as James Phillip O'Mara but served as Philip O'Mara

Son of Philip O'Mara and Mary Josephine O'Mara nee Goodwin of Jugiong, NSW

Next of kin given as his sister Alice O'Mara of St. Joseph's Convent, Goulburn, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 12 November 1916 aboard HT Wiltshire disembarking on 30 December 1916

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