Leo Garnet O'LEARY

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Service Number:	1464
Enlisted:	25 August 1914, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Jamieson, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Toorak, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Windsor, Victoria, Australia, May 1945, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Methodist A, Grave 1791. Interred on 22 May 1945
Memorials:

25 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 1464, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Driver, 1464, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Driver, 1464, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
31 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 1464, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Shell wound to the right knee. Embarked for England on 22 October 1917 aboard HS Carisbrook Castle
6 Dec 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 1464, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District as wounded

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Son of Arthur O'Leary and Margaret Frances O'Leary nee Rogerson of Berry Street, South Yarra, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 5 April 1918 aboard HS Borda disembarking on 30 May 1918

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c Leo married Adelaide Elizabeth Pinnick in Victoria