Arthur John O'LEARY

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Service Number:	2711
Enlisted:	26 July 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Employee
Died:	Kew, Victoria, Australia, 16 October 1971, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	St Kilda Cemetery, Victoria Michaelis Lawn, Row C, Grave 02. Interred on 21 October 1971
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

26 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2711, 57th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
2 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2711, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2711, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
13 Feb 1917:	Imprisoned Taken prisoner while wounded. Interned at Minden, Germany. Repatriated to England on arriving on 2 December 1918
2 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2711, 57th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of John Arthur O'Leary and Margaret Mary O'Leary nee Shanahan of Wood's Parade, Ascot Vale, Victoria.

Father of an ex-nuptial son with Hilda Mouldie, Victor Francis Frederick Mouldie of Auburn, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 10 April 1919 aboard HT Medic disembarking on 31 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal