Patrick Francis O'DEA

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Service Numbers:	4160 1770, 4160, 1770
Enlisted:	16 January 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria. Issued with the number 1770 after he failed to embark
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Kilmore, Victoria, Australia, 3 June 1890
Home Town:	Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shearers Cook
Died:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 December 1959, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Ronan Catholic section U, Grave 12540. Interred on 4 December 1959
Memorials:

16 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4160 1770, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria. Issued with the number 1770 after he failed to embark
7 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4160, Did not Embark
17 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1770, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
17 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1770, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Aeneas, Fremantle
14 Dec 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1770, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to antrum disease

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Son of Samuel O'Dea and Rose O'Dea nee Cairns of Kilmore, Victoria

Next of kin given as his foster mother M.A. Ryan of Weston Street, Brunswick, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 21 July 1917 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 18 September 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c Patrick married Estella Agnes Gilbert in Victoria