Richard O'LEARY

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Service Number:	665
Enlisted:	4 February 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia, 1870
Home Town:	Goulds Country, Break O'Day, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Boundary Rider
Died:	Armadale, Victoria, Australia, 31 December 1935, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Roman Catholic, Compartment C, Section 13, Grave 11
Memorials:

4 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 665, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 665, 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, 665, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
3 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Anzac Police
26 Aug 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 22nd Infantry Battalion
17 Aug 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 665, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to varicose veins and senility

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Travellers Rest Hotel, Gould's Country, Tasmania.

Son of Arthur O'Leary and Ellen O'Leary nee Hart of Wangaratta, Victoria.

During 1892c Richarg married Julia Gertrude Bower in Victoria

Next of kin given as his daughter Elley O'Leary of Grand Hotel, Perth, WA.

Commenced return to Australia on 15 February 1918 aboard HT Llanstephen Castle disembarking on 16 April 1918

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