Michael O'LOUGHLIN

O'LOUGHLIN, Michael

Service Number: 475
Enlisted: 13 October 1914, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
Born: Miltoun, Ireland, 2 July 1888
Home Town: Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 16 July 1956, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland
Roman Catholic 2, 009, 0040
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World War 1 Service

13 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 475, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 475, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 475, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
23 Aug 1915: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 475, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Patrick O'Loughlan of Milltoun, Malbay, County Clare, Ireland

Commenced return to Australia on 5 July 1915 about HS Ballarat disembarking on 6 August 1915

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Re-enlisted in 1917 but only served briefly before being discharged due to being medically unfit