Harry O'SHEA

O'SHEA, Harry

    Service Number: 329
    Enlisted: 22 August 1914, Brighton, Tasmania
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 12th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Mathinna, Tasmania, Australia, 9 May 1894
    Home Town: Parkham, Meander Valley, Tasmania
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Natural causes, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 31 March 1952, aged 57 years
    Cemetery: Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania
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    World War 1 Service

    22 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 329, Brighton, Tasmania
    20 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 329, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
    20 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 329, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 329, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    30 Apr 1915: Wounded Private, 329, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (leg)
    23 Jul 1916: Wounded Private, 329, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , 2nd occasion - GSW (head)
    28 Sep 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion
    16 Jul 1918: Wounded Lance Corporal, 329, 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", 3rd occasion
    29 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 329, 12th Infantry Battalion

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