Michael O'DREA

Badge Number: 92320, Sub Branch: Adelaide
92320

O'DREA, Michael

Service Number: 1984
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: Railway Unit (AIF)
Born: Kilkenny, Co Kilkenny, Ireland, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Blacksmith
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World War 1 Service

11 May 1917: Involvement 1984, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
11 May 1917: Embarked 1984, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Sapper, 1984

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

 Place of Enlistment - Port Augusta SA.

Next of Kin - (Mother) Catherine O'Brien

Discharged 6.6.1916-S/N 9927-medically unfit, but re-enlisted under S/N 1984 and served in France.

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Next of kin-Mother, Mrs C O'Brien, Austin Cottages, Gouger Street off Brown Street, Adelaide, South Australia.
Enlistment date-12/13 March 1917-Railway Unit, Section 5

Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 11 May 1917-he was 42 at the time.
 
16th Australian Railway Operating Company
 
Returned to Australia 19 April 1919