Jeremiah O'LEARY

O'LEARY, Jeremiah

    Service Number: 1638
    Enlisted: 31 August 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 19th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Bourke, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
    Home Town: Mortlake, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 1964, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    31 Aug 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1638, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    9 Nov 1916: Involvement Private, 1638, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
    9 Nov 1916: Embarked Private, 1638, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Benalla, Sydney
    6 Feb 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion, From Light Trench Mortar Batteries
    5 Apr 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 19th Infantry Battalion, From 55th Battalion
    17 Apr 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1638, 19th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right hip. Embarked for England on 21 April 1917 aboard HS St. Andrew
    21 Feb 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1638, 19th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Jeremiah O'Leary and Elizabeth C. O'Leary of Bourke, NSW.

    Husband of Ann Amelia O'Leary of Bertram Street, Mortlake, NSW.

    Commenced return to Australia on 25 November 1917 aboard HT Ormonde then transhipped at Durban to HT Medic on 8 January 1918 disembarking on 22 January 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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