John Joseph O'BEIRNE MM

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Service Number:	663
Enlisted:	19 February 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 6 October 1895
Home Town:	Tallygaroopna, Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carter
Died:	Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia, 11 July 1976, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Shepparton Public Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic, Row T, Grave 45. Interred on 14 September 1976
Memorials:

19 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 663, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 663, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 663, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
12 Jun 1916:	Honoured Military Medal, Awarded for work done with a mortar at Garland Trench. Commonwealth Gazette 62, on 19 April 1917
13 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 663, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the upper arm. Embarked for England on 25 August 1918.
30 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 663, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of John Joseph O'Beirne and Ellen O'Beirne nee Leahy of Tallygaroopna, Shepparton, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 16 June 1919 aboard HT Ormonde disembarking on 1 August 1919

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