John Patrick O'MEARA

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Service Number:	5671
Enlisted:	26 April 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Warrion, Victoria, Australia, 1871
Home Town:	St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Prahran, Victoria, Australia, September 1957, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic O, Grave 374. Interred on 17 September 1957
Memorials:

26 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5671, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
1 Aug 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Infantry Battalion, From 22nd Battalion
25 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 5671, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 5671, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
8 Mar 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5671, 21st Infantry Battalion, Bomb wounds to the left thigh and left eye. Embarked for England on 10 March 1917 aboard HS Warilda
27 Jan 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5671, 21st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to trench fever

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Son of Michael O'Meara and Mary O'Meara nee McHugh of Warrion, Victoria

Husband of Hilda Agnes O'Meara nee Burns of Blanche Street, St Kilda, Victoria. John and Hilda married during 1912c in Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 19 October 1918 aboard HT Sardinia disembarking on 27 December 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal