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MCNAMARA, Joseph Patrick
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5154 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Limerick, Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Commission agent |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 5154, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 5154, 12th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Although he was born in Limerick, it is possibly the Joseph McNamaramwho is honoured on the Kilkenny, MacDonagh Station-Kilkenny World War I Memorial.
Next of kin-Mother, Mrs T McNamara, Brackland Ernest Street, North Sydney, New South Wales.
Enlistment date 8 or 9 September 1915
Place of enlistment-Hobart, Tasmania.
Private 12th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement. [unit from Nominal Roll-49th Battalion]
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Orontes on 29 March 1916-he was then 31.
Returned to Australia 5 April 1919
Sources NAA: B2455, McNAMARA Joseph Patrick
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