John O'SHEA

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Service Number:	908
Enlisted:	2 February 1915, Enlisted at Orbost, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps
Born:	Jika Jika, Victoria, Australia, 30 April 1890
Home Town:	Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Dandenong, Victoria, Australia, 1 July 1961, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Roman Catholic, Compartment E, Section 5, Grave 03. Interred on 3 July 1961
Memorials:

2 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 908, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Orbost, Victoria
7 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 908, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Palermo embarkation_ship_number: A56 public_note: ''
7 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 908, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Palermo, Melbourne
1 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Imperial Camel Corps , From 8th Light Horse Regiment
11 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps
25 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 908, 3 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Thomas O'Shea and Mary Ann O'Shea nee Lanagan of Carlton, Victoria.

Next of kin given as his cousin C. George Kinder of Rathdown Street, Carlton, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 2 August 1919 aboard HT Delta disembarking on 3 September 1919

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

During 1926c John married Ivy Isabella Willey in Victoria