John Bernard O'SHEA

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Service Number:	4090
Enlisted:	5 June 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	30th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Millers Forest, Maitland Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	New South Wales, Australia, March 1979, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW Roman Catholic FM 21, Grave 2575. Interred on 23 March 1979
Memorials:

5 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4090, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
7 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 4090, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
7 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 4090, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
24 Aug 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4090, 30th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to hammer toes

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Miller's Forest, via Raymond Terrace, NSW

Son of John Francis O'Shea and Jean O'Shea of Goulburn, NSW.

Next of kin given as a friend Sarah Cork of Briellet Street, Annandale, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 7 June 1918 aboard HT Essex disembarking on 1 August 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal