Thomas O'LEARY

O'LEARY, Thomas

    Service Number: 581
    Enlisted: 24 August 1914, Enlisted at Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Kyneton, Victoria, Australia, 1892
    Home Town: Bacchus Marsh, Moorabool, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Chest wound, At sea on board HS Galeka, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave, buried at sea Panel 29, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bacchus Marsh St. Bernard's Catholic Church Memorial Window, Kyneton Honour Roll, Kyneton War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    24 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 581, Enlisted at Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
    19 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 581, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    19 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 581, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Address at the time of enlistment was Bacchus Marsh, Victoria

    Son of Timothy O'Leary and Mary Ann O'Leary nee Woods of Kyneton, Victoria. Brother of Julia Williams nee O'Leary of Hawthorn, Victoria, James O'Leary who returned to Australia on 5 November 1917 having served with the 21st Battalion and died in 1961 and is buried in the Kyneton Cemetery and Francis O'Leary

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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