William John O'LEARY

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Service Number:	932
Enlisted:	13 April 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia, 25 January 1897
Home Town:	Ross, Northern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Porter
Died:	Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 27 June 1955, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, New South Wales May not be marked. W-16-GE-SL-2458A.
Memorials:

13 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 932, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 932, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 932, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
2 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion, From 26th Battalion
3 Sep 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 932, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Shell shock.
26 Jul 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 42nd Infantry Battalion, From 52nd Baattalion
3 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Infantry Battalion
6 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 932, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Edward John O'Leary and Ellen O'Leary nee Donohue of Deloraine, Tasmania.

Next of kin given as his guardian William Barker, Police Trooper, Ross, Tasmania.

On 18 May 1918 William married Gladys Ethel White in the Wilton Parish Church, Wilton, Wiltshire, England. G.R. Campbell officiated

Commenced return to Australia on 6 September 1919 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 20 October 1919 at Melbourne.

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