O'MARA, Thomas
| Service Numbers: | 2635, 2653 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 November 1915, Enlisted at Casula, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Signal Squadron, AIF |
| Born: | Jugiong, New South Wales, Australia, October 1897 |
| Home Town: | Jugiong, Harden, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | St. Patrick's College, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | St. Andrews Private Hospital, East Melbourne, Victoria, 12 October 1946, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Jugiong War Memorial Park Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2635, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Casula, NSW | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 2653, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 2 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 2653, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 22 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st ANZAC Signals Troop | |
| 12 Jul 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Signal Squadron, AIF | |
| 16 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2653, 2nd Signal Squadron, AIF, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Philip O'Mara and Mary Josephine O'Mara nee Goodwin of Jugiong, NSW.
Next of kin given as his sister Alice O'Mara of St. Joseph's Convent, North Goulburn, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia on 29 April 1919 aboard HT Dorset disembarking on 9 June 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
In March 1939 he was admitted to the Commonwealth Arbitration Court Bench, to fill the vacancy caused by the appointment of Judge Beeby as Chief Judge.
Judge O'Mara had a large practice in industrial courts, and had appeared on behalf of both employers' and employees' organisations. He is aged 41.
He had been the University Law School lecturer in that subject for nearly three years.
His opinion had been regularly sought in both Commonwealth and State arbitration matters, and he had practised extensively in both these jurisdictions and in arbitration causes before the High Court of Australia.
In 1919 he was invalided home. Soon afterwards he returned to the Crown Law Office and embarked on legal studies. In 1924 he graduated with honours in law and was admitted to the Bar in the same year.
He did not begin practice as a barrister, however until 1930, acting on the interim as legal officer of the Department of Labour and Industry.
Judge O'Mara, who is married and has one daughter, lives at Mosman. The appointment, which is for life, carried a salary of £2,500 a year.