O'MARA, Owen Cooney
| Service Number: | 4614 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Berramagra NSW, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Berremangra, Harden, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 7 August 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gundagai Anzac Grove War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Yass & District WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4614, 1st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 15 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4614, 1st Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney | |
| 7 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 4614, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4614 awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-07 |
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Owen Cooney O'MARA was born in 1892 in Berremaagra via Bowring NSW His parents were Michael O'MARA and Ellen Agnes COONEY S/N 4614 - he enlisted in Cootamundra on 7.8.1915
He was Killed in Action in the Field in France exactly one year after he enlisted.
No known grave but he is listed on Villers Bretonneux Memorial, Picardie, France
OBITUARY -8th September, 1916 Adelong & Tumut Express & Tumbarumba Post Private Owen Cooney O'MARA Another Gundagai district boy has fallen at the front 2nd son of Mr. & Mrs. Michael O'Mara of Berremangra, Jugiong He was only 23 years of age & got to the front last year He has two other brothers in the ranks He was a nephew of Mrs. G. FOX of Gundagai Link to a photo of Owen & his last two letters home
http://www.5rar.asn.au/articles/owen-omara.htm
Owen is also commemorated at the St John The Evangelist Church War Memorial
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