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O'DEA, William
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 981, 390 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Second Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Gawler, South Australia, 10 January 1874 |
| Home Town: | Gawler, Gawler, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bootmaker |
| Died: | Enemy trench mortar, Belgium, 5 April 1917, aged 43 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave - "Known Unto God", Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 981, 2nd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
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World War 1 Service
| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 390, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 390, 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, 390, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 390, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 5 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 390, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 390 awm_unit: 1st Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Second Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-05 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Chronicle 28th April 1917
THE LATE CORPORAL WILLIAM O'DEA.
Miss M. O'Dea and Mrs. E. W. Edwards, of Kensington-road, Toorak, have been notified by cable of the death of their brother, Corporal William O'Dea, who was killed in action in France on April 5. Corporal O'Dea, who was well known in business circles in North Adelaide some years ago, took up residence in Sydney, from which place he joined the colors in February of last year. He had also seen service in tho Boer war. He was a most popular young man, and by his sterling qualities and kindly manner won a host of friends.
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