Luke O'SHANNESSY

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Service Numbers:	107, 4461
Enlisted:	8 September 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	State School, South Australia
Occupation:	Confectioner
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, date not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) Plot VI, Row N, Grave No. 20
Memorials:	City of Brunswick Honour Roll

8 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 107, 14th Infantry Battalion
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 107, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
3 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 107, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Severe wound to the left foot.
23 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4461, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
16 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4461, 23rd Infantry Battalion

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Son of William O'Shannessy and Annabella O'Shannessy nee Thompson of Little Mill Street, Adelaide, SA.

Luke played football and was good at athletics

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