Noel Aloysius O'DWYER

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Service Number:	1656
Enlisted:	11 June 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Field Ambulance
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 11 June 1897
Home Town:	Yeerongpilly, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Drowned, At sea. Aboard SS Montevideo Maru, 1 July 1942, aged 45 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Annerley Stephens Shire Council Residents Honour Board 1

11 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1656, 1st Australian Convalescent Depot (AIF), Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
14 Jul 1915:	Embarked Private, 1656, 1st Australian Convalescent Depot (AIF), HMAT Orsova, Sydney
14 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 1656, 1st Australian Convalescent Depot (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
22 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 16th Field Ambulance
27 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 69th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
8 Dec 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Field Ambulance, In France
28 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1656, 13th Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Cornelius Charles O'Dwyer and Mary Lucy Agnes O'Dwyer nee Judge of Yeerongpilly, South Brisbane, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 6 July 1919 aboard HT Boorara on 26 August 1919 disembarking at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

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

Post WWI war Noel was a plantation owner at Rabaul, New Guinea