James Patrick O'HAIRE

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Service Number:	581
Enlisted:	15 August 1914, Enlisted at blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Home Service
Born:	Rochester, Victoria, Australia, 16 April 1885
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Harness Maker
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, 16 February 1940, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Roman Catholic, Section KA, Grave 0290
Memorials:	Boulder Goldfields First Enlistments WWI Roll of Honor

15 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 581, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at blackboy Hill, WA
2 Nov 1914:	Involvement Private, 581, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1914:	Embarked Private, 581, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
28 Feb 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 581, 11th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to heart issues
11 Jan 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Home Service , Enlisted at Perth, WA. Guard duties
9 Mar 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, Home Service , Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Robert Street, Kalgoorlie, WA.

Son of Joseph O'Haire and Margaret McDonald formerly O'Haire nee Jeffers of Marvel Loch, WA formerly of Rochester, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 8 October 1915 aboard HT Suevic as an invalid disembarking on 19 November 1915

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

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