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O'SHANNESSY, Ernest

Service Number:	2862
Enlisted:	1 November 1916, Enlisted at Burnie, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Forth, Tasmania, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Burnie, Burnie, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 5 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. Name appears on Panel 25
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cuprona District HR, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

World War 1 Service

1 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2862, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Burnie, Tasmania
6 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 2862, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
6 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 2862, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Mary Riley formerly O'Shannessy of West Pine, Tasmania.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal