O'MEARA, Francis Leo
| Service Number: | 2761 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Traralgon, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Traralgon, Latrobe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Koornalla State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Portland, Victoria, Australia, 7 August 1970, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Portland South Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Roman Catholic, Grave C208. Interred on 10 August 1970 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2761, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2761, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, At Tel-el-Kebir | |
| 13 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2761, 59th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the upper body. | |
| 26 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 2761, 59th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wounds to the chest, left eye and left arm. Invalided to England on 5 May 1918 | |
| 27 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 2761, 59th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
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Brother: 3216 Pte Patrick Julian O'MEARA, 59th Bn, killed in action, 19 July 1916;
Cousin: 3667 Sergeant Maurice Meyers O'MEARA MM, 4th Divisional Signal Company, returned to Australia, 22 September 1919.
Returned to Australia 1 April 1919
Service Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William O'Meara and Sarah O'Meara nee McElgunn of Koornalla, Traralgon, Victoria. His brother who was killed in action has no known grave and his name appears on the V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial 17
Prior to enlisting Francis had been a member of the Koomala Rifle Club.
Commenced return to Australia on 1 April 1919 aboard HS Shropshire as an invalid disembarking on 16 May 1919
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1928c Francis married Dorothy May Grover in Victoria
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