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O'MEARA, James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1748 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 January 1916, Enlisted at Dunedoo, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 22 November 1874 |
| Home Town: | Dubbo, Dubbo Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Albury Hospital, New South Wales, Australia, 19 June 1935, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Albury General Cemetery / Waugh Road, NSW Interred on 20 June 1935 |
| Memorials: | Mendooran Kookaburra March |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1748, 45th Infantry Battalion , Enlisted at Dunedoo, NSW | |
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| 14 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1748, 45th Infantry Battalion , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1748, 45th Infantry Battalion , HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1748, 45th Infantry Battalion , Wound to the neck | |
| 9 Oct 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1748, 45th Infantry Battalion , Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to overage |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlisting was given as Boomley Camp, Dubbo, NSW.
Son of Patrick O'Meara and Mary O'Meara nee Kelly of Ballarat, Victoria however on enlisted he gave no next of kin.
Commenced return to Australia on 7 June 1918 aboard HT Essex disembarking on 1 August 1918
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Post war he was involved with farming being in the employment of J. Clancy of Urangeline East, NSW and prior to that he had worked in the Gooramada Hotel, Gooramada, Victoria. He was a member of the Albury RSL which paid for his headstone