Robert O'MAHONEY

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Service Number:	5400
Enlisted:	23 February 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Cork, Ireland, 1896
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Orchardist
Memorials:

23 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5400, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Perth, WA
17 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5400, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
17 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5400, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Aeneas, Fremantle
12 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5400, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Shell wound to the left arm. Embarked for England on 19 August 1916 aboard HS Dieppe
6 Feb 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5400, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Second occasion. Wounded by shell fire
19 Oct 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5400, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to amputated right foot because gangrene following trench foot

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Irwin Street, Perth, WA.

Son of David Patrick O'Mahoney of Finn Place, Cork, Ireland.

Commenced return to Australia on 3 July 1917 aboard HS Karoola disembarking on 18 August 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal