John Mervyn O'MEARA

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O'MEARA, John Mervyn

Service Number:	3029
Enlisted:	19 February 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	45th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 1895
Home Town:	Woollahra, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carter
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 5 October 1926, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Section H, Zone C, Grave 7137
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World War 1 Service

19 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3029, 45th Infantry Battalion , Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
8 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 3029, 45th Infantry Battalion , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
8 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 3029, 45th Infantry Battalion , SS Port Nicholson, Sydney
3 Dec 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3029, 45th Infantry Battalion , Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address at time of enlistment was given as Oxford Street, Waverley, NSW

Son of William H. O'Meara and Helen O'Meara of Edgecliffe Road, Woolahra, NSW formerly of Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 15 September 1918 for family reasons aboard HT Arawa disembarking on 17 November 1918 at Melbourne then overland to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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