Charles Brian O'MEARA

O'MEARA, Charles Brian

Service Number: 5717
Enlisted: 5 February 1912, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion
Born: Colac, Victoria, Australia, 1876
Home Town: Colac, Colac-Otway, Victoria
Schooling: State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Dairy Farmer
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 10 July 1917
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. Panel 17
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Warrion War Memorial, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
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World War 1 Service

5 Feb 1912: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5717, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria
4 May 1916: Involvement Private, 5717, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
4 May 1916: Embarked Private, 5717, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William O'Meara and Agnes O'Meara of Colac, Victoria.

Husband of Dulcie Gertrude O'Meara nee Niblett of Xavier College, Kew, Victoria. Charles and Dulcie married during 1910c in Victoria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal