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O'SHEA, Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1982 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 February 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Gloucester, England, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Geraldton, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Chemist |
| Died: | New Zealand, 22 September 1955, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Auckland (Waikumete) Cemetery Roman Catholic, Lawn A, Row 13, Grave 5 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1982, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 18 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 1982, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 1982, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Seang Bee, Fremantle | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1982, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Severe shrapnel wounds to the left arm and eye. Invalided to England on 28 April 1918 | |
| 21 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1982, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Patrick O'Shea of Drogheda, Ireland.
Next of kin later changed to his wife M. O'Shea of Poplar Street, Romford, Essex, England
Commenced return to Australia on 19 October 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
In 1937c he was thought to be living in Seaside Avenue, Avondale, Auckland, NZ.