Harrie James O'MEARA

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Other Name:	O'Meara, James Henry
Service Number:	2010
Enlisted:	13 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Bondi Junction , New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia, 5 October 1955, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Anglican 7 0541
Memorials:

13 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2010, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
10 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 2010, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
10 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 2010, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
23 Jun 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2010, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
29 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion , From 2nd Battalion
21 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Infantry Battalion, From 45th Battalion
5 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 2010, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion.
25 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2010, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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BDM has his name registed as James Henry O'Meara.

Son of William Henry O'Meara and Mary Ellen O'Meara nee Burton of Old South Head Road, Bondi Junction, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 11 January 1918 aboard HT Port Darwin disembarking on 4 March 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

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

During 1918c Harrie married Vera E. Fry im Waverley, NSW