John O'LEARY

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Service Number:	945
Enlisted:	17 December 1914, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	2nd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Christchurch, New Zealand, 1886
Home Town:	Enoggera, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engine Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 11 November 1915
Cemetery:	Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli.Turkey Special Memorial, Row C, Grave 31 Chaplain G. Green officiated Headstone inscription reads: Their glory shall not be blotted, Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

17 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 945, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD
22 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 945, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Newcastle embarkation_ship: HMAT Malakuta embarkation_ship_number: A57 public_note: ''
22 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 945, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Malakuta, Newcastle
25 Oct 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Trooper, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, In the field
11 Nov 1915:	Involvement Trooper, 945, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 945 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-11-11

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Son of John O'Leary of Orari, South Canterbury, New Zealand

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

His personal effects were returned to AIF Base Records melbourne 1920, awaiting a claimant.