Matthew O'MARA

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Service Number:	6542
Enlisted:	12 July 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian Provost Corps
Born:	Carlow, Ireland, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Blackall, Blackall Tambo, Queensland
Schooling:	Private Teacher
Occupation:	Stock Keeper/Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 15 October 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Birr Cross Roads Cemetery Plot I; Row E; Grave 4 INSCRIPTION HE OFFERED ALL HIS COUNTRY COULD DESIRE A LOVING BROTHER , Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

12 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6542
21 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6542, 15th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6542, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane
15 Aug 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6542, Australian Provost Corps , detached to 4th Division for Traffic Control

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15th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

He was 41 and the son of Daniel and Jane O'Mara.

Next of kin-Brother, P O'Mara, Blackall, Queensland
Enlistment date-12 July 1916

Age at embarkation 39

AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/32/2

Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A36 Boonah on 21 October 1916

War service: Western Front

He is remembered on the Carlow Great War Memorial as Matthew O'Meara,