Thomas Joseph O'DOWD

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Service Number:	3109
Enlisted:	24 October 1916, Enlisted at Fremantle, WA.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	44th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dublin, Ireland, 1884
Home Town:	Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 9 August 1943, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Roman Catholic, Compartment B, Section 7, Grave 32
Memorials:

24 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3109, 44th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Fremantle, WA.
29 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 3109, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
29 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 3109, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle
28 Feb 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3109, 44th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to rheum. endocarditis

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Surname sometimes spelt O'Dowd

Son of John O'Dowd of Dublin, Ireland.

Husband of Evelyn Catherine O'Dowyd nee Simmons of James Street, Fremantle, WA. Thomas and Evelyn married during 1916c in Fremantle, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 20 December 1917 aboard HT Runic 29 January 1918

Medal: British War Medal