Matthew O'DEA

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Service Number:	4283
Enlisted:	5 August 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia, 1875
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia, 6 May 1925, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

5 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4283, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
29 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 4283, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 4283, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
17 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4283, 6th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right arm. Embarked for England on 19 April 1918 aboard HS Ville de Liege
1 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4283, 6th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to lumbago

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Son of Michael O'Dea and Margaret O'Dea nee McQuire of Patrick Street, Melbourne, Victoria.

Husband of Edith Ellen O'Dea nee Forbes of Patrick Street, Melbourne, Victoria. Matthew and Edith married in Victoria during 1915c.

Commenced return to Australia on 4 December 1918 aboard HT Somerset disembarking on 15 Janjuary 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal