Henry O'MEARA

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Service Number:	5974
Enlisted:	4 March 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd Light Horse Brigade Train
Born:	Portland, Victoria, Australia, 1882
Home Town:	Portland, Glenelg, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Portland, Victoria, Australia, August 1954, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Portland South Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Grave B352. Interred on 8 August 1954
Memorials:

4 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5974, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
1 Apr 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Army Service Corps, From 4th Light Horse Brigade Train
26 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 5974, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
26 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 5974, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
6 Dec 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Train, From 14th Army Service Corps
25 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5974, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Train, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Patrick O'Meara and Catherine O'MearPortland, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 9 March 1919 aboard HT Kashmir disembarking on 18 April 1919 at Adelaide

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1928c Henry married Henrietta Boyle in Victoria