Herbert O'MALLEY

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Service Number:	33956
Enlisted:	1 November 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Bombardier
Last Unit:	2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Bourke, New South Wales, Australia, 21 July 1888
Home Town:	Bourke, Bourke, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Overseer
Died:	Bourke, New South Wales, Australia, 24 June 1951, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bourke General Cemetery, NSW Old Cemetery, Plot unknown
Memorials:	Bourke & District War Memorial

1 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 33956, Field Artillery Brigades, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
11 May 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 33956, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
11 May 1917:	Embarked Gunner, 33956, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
11 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , From Artillery Brigades
29 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 33956, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Gassed. Embarked for England on 11 November 1917
11 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Bombardier, 33956, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Charles O'Malley and Elizabeth Hannah O'Malley of 'Glen Villa', Louth Road, Bourke, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 20 April 1919 aboard HT Boonah disembarking on 11 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 26 April 1928 Herbert married Adelaide Marjory Reeve in Auckland, NZ.