John Edwin (Jack) O'MALLEY

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Service Numbers:	6774, V375605
Enlisted:	18 August 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Signalman
Last Unit:	Lines of Communication Signals
Born:	Westbury, Tasmania, Australia, 4 April 1899
Home Town:	Waratah, Waratah/Wynyard, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer [WW1]; Linesman PMG [WW2]
Died:	Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia, 17 October 1971, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Beechworth Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic Section C
Memorials:

18 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6774, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
30 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 6774, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Palermo embarkation_ship_number: A56 public_note: ''
8 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6774, 12th Infantry Battalion
11 May 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6774, 12th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District

14 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V375605
17 Jan 1947:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Signalman, V375605, Lines of Communication Signals

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Son of Edward O'Malley and Isabel Mary O'Malley nee Billinh of Waratah, Tasmania.

On 6 May 1919 John married Gertrude Steele in the Church of St. Gabriels, Pimlico, London, England. Curate W. H. Norman officiated.

Commenced return to Australia on 22 December 1919 aboard HT Themistocles disembarking on 5 February 1920 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal