O'HEARE, Christopher Vincent
| Service Number: | 844 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kew, Victoria, Australia, April 1893 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Postal mechanic |
| Died: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 31 May 1935, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bendigo Civil Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1 |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 844, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 844, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 844, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 844, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to head and right shoulder sustained at Gallipoli landings (second wave). | |
| 25 Jul 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 844, 7th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Larna Malone
Christopher Vincent O’Heare was born in Kew, the son of Pat & Winifred O’Heare. He was 21 years and 4 months old, Single, and worked as a Motor Mechanic. He listed his residence as the Post Office Hotel, Bendigo. He had no previous military service.
He Enlisted on 22/8/14 and arrived at Broadmeadows Camp on 24/8/14. He was allotted Service no. 844 and appointed to ‘G’ Company, 7th Battalion.
The 7th Battalion left Broadmeadows Camp on 18 October, 1914, and embarked for service overseas on board HMAT ‘Hororata’. Arriving in Egypt the battalion moved into camp at Mena, at the foot of the pyramids. (6/12/14)
In January, 1915, the Australian force was re-organized. In the 7th Battalion ‘G’ and ‘H’ Companies joined to form the new ‘D’ Company. This meant that all the men from Northern Victoria were together in one Company.
The 7th Battalion was part of the force which landed at Anzac Cove on 25th April, 1915.
Christopher Vincent O’Heare was one of the early casualties of the Landing, sustaining a Gunshot wound to his neck and right shoulder. He RTA MU 7/11/15
“The First Lot. 7th Battalion. The first men of the Bendigo district to volunteer for service in the First World War.”: Larna Malone
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