Erin Rowan O'DOHERTY

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Service Number:	1637
Enlisted:	15 February 1916, Enlisted at West Maitland, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	34th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wauchope, New South Wales, 1 January 1886
Home Town:	Wauchope, Port Macquarie-Hastings, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Liverpool, New South Wales, August 1950, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW Roman Catholic FM 1, Grave 226. Interred on 16 August 1950
Memorials:

15 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1637, 34th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at West Maitland, NSW
2 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 1637, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
2 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 1637, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
21 Aug 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1637, 34th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Bernard O'Doherty and Sarah O'Doherty of Wauchope, NSW.

Husband of Mary Frances O'Doherty nee Bourke of Wauchope, NSW. Erin and Mary married during 1909c in Sydney, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 23 May 1917 aboard HT Ayrshire disembarking on 20 July 1917

Medal: British War Medal