O'HEA, Michael David
| Service Number: | 2212 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 11 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 9 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2212, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2212, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2212, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Sydney Morning Herald 1915.
O'HEA.—In loving memory of our dear son, Private Michael O'Hea who died of wounds received at Lone Pine, August 11, 1915, aged 23 years.
He sleeps not in his native land. But 'neath the foreign skies. Far from those who loved him best, In a hero's grave he lies.
Like his many of his mates, Michael O’Hea’s war had lasted less than a few months from the time he walked into the recruiting office at Liverpool.
Michael was a member of the 6th reinforcements to the 4th Battalion embarked from Sydney on 16 June 1915. They stopped at Fremantle on the way and they disembarked in Egypt on the 21 July and only two weeks later the bulk of them landed the at Anzac to reinforce the 4th Battalion. No time for training. They landed at Gallipoli on the 4 August 1915 and two days later went into the first assault on Lone Pine.
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