John Cornelius O'SHEA

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Service Number:	6836
Enlisted:	21 April 1916, Attested at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	1880, place not yet discovered
Home Town:	Murwillumbah, Tweed, New South Wales
Schooling:	Roman Catholic Convent School, Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Fireman
Died:	Killed in Action, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 20 September 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. Panel 17
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Murwillumbah War Memorial

21 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6836, 9th Infantry Battalion, Attested at Brisbane, QLD
27 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6836, 9th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6836, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane

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Son of John Augusta O'shea and of Margaret Mary Bessey, formerly O'Shea of Condong Road, South Murwillumbah, NSW, formerly of Dinmore, QLD.

Husband of Amelia O'Shea C/- W. Bessey, South Murwillumbah, NSW. Father of John Edward O'Shea.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal