Daniel Joseph O'DEA

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Service Number:	965
Enlisted:	22 February 1917, Enlisted at Fort Largs, SA
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	36th Heavy Artillery Group
Born:	Portland, Port Adelaide, South Australia, 6 May 1894
Home Town:	Rosewater (Greytown), Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Rosewater, South Australia, 11 March 1951, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: KO, Road: 3, Site No: 28
Memorials:	Rosewater Junction Community Centre Honour Board (large), Rosewater Marist Brothers Port Adelaide Roll of Honour

22 Feb 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 965, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, Enlisted at Fort Largs, SA
9 May 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 965, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
9 May 1917:	Embarked Gunner, 965, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney
28 Jun 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 965, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to gastric ulcer

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Son of William O'Dea and Winifred O'Dea nee Pierce of Neptune Terrace, Rosewater, SA.

Commenced return to Australia on 19 April 1918 aboard HT Orontes disembarking on 10 May 1918 at Melbourne then overland to Adelaide

Medal: British War Medal

On 18 December 1920 Daniel married Elizabeth Irene Griffin in St. Marys Church, Port Adelaide, SA.

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