George Joseph O'SHEA

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Service Number:	4560
Enlisted:	13 September 1915, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney New South Wales, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Sawyer
Died:	Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 4 July 1948, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Field Of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, NSW Catholic Section. Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Kirribilli Sydney Flying Squadron & Sydney Sailing Club Honor Roll

13 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4560, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW
15 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 4560, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
15 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 4560, 2nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney
5 Sep 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4560, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of George Joseph O'Shea and Louisa O'Shea of Campbell Street, Balmain, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 6 June 1918 aboard HT Barambah disembarking on 2 August 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c George married Dorothy Irene Lincoln in Sydney, NSW