Herbert Kevin O'LEARY

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Service Number:	282
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cowra, New South Wales, Australia, 8 April 1891
Home Town:	Annadale, Mid Murray, South Australia
Schooling:	Brigidine Convent School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Telegraph Lineman
Died:	Tuberculosis, Wentworth Falls, New South Wales, Australia, 11 March 1918, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Katoomba General Cemetery Roman Catholic, Section KRC1, Row E, Grave Plot 11
Memorials:

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 282, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 282, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 282, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
1 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 282, 1st Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right hip.
28 Jun 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 282, 1st Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the hip
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 282, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 282, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
22 Oct 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 282, 1st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to tuberculosis

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Son of Patrick Joseph O'Leary and Mary O'Leary nee Markham of Armidale Street, Armidale, NSW.

Brother of Leslie George O'Leary who returned to Australia on 11 February 1919 having served with the 30th Battalion

Commenced return to Australia on 24 June 1916 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 5 August 1916 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

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