Joseph Martin O'PHEE

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Service Number:	3502
Enlisted:	1 December 1915, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Leyburn, Queensland, Queensland, Australia , 2 October 1894
Home Town:	Leyburn, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bridge Carpenter
Memorials:

1 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3502, 49th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
24 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 3502, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
24 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 3502, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney
21 Jul 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3502, 49th Infantry Battalion, Discharge due to his being illegally absent from 8 March 1917 having failed to re-embark HT Ayrshire at Cape Town, South Africa

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Son of John O'Phee and Sarah Ann O'Phee nee Haddock of Leyburn, QLD.

Brother of Thomas Patrick O'Hee who returned to Australia on 27 September 1917 having served with the 31st Battalion.

Not eligible for medals having deserted at Cape Town South Africa on 8 March 1917