Thomas Francis O'DEA

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Service Number:	1114
Enlisted:	22 November 1915, Enlisted at Kalgoorlie, WA
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Fredericktown, New South Wales, Australia, 16 June 1876
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Guard
Died:	Due to war service, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 24 July 1945, aged 69 years
Cemetery:	Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia Commemorated with a plaque in the WA Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

22 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 1114, Mining Corps, Enlisted at Kalgoorlie, WA
20 Feb 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 1114, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
20 Feb 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 1114, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney
20 Feb 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 1114, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
20 Feb 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 1114, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney
24 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company)
16 Sep 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 1114, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to chronic rheumatism

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Son of Timothy O'Dea and Mary Beatrice O'Dea nee Quinlan of Fredericktown, NSW.

Next of kin given as his aunt Sarah Roberston of Plumer Street, Kalgoorlie, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 1 February 1918 aboard HT Balmoral Castle

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1930 Thomas married Gladys Roberta LLoyd