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O'MEARA, Charles Brian
Personal Details
Service Number: | 5717 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
5 Feb 1912: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5717, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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