James O'DEA

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Service Number:	1967
Enlisted:	2 February 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Pleasant, South Australia, 5 August 1891
Home Town:	Mount Pleasant, Barossa, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Gumeracha, South Australia, 31 October 1966, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	St Matthews Catholic Church Cemetery, Birdwood, South Australia
Memorials:	Mount Pleasant Roll of Honor

2 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1967, 48th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
13 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 1967, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
13 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 1967, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide
11 Apr 1917:	Imprisoned Captured at Moreuil. Interned in Friedrichfeld, Germany. Repatriated to England on 20 December 1918
5 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1967, 48th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District
Date unknown:	Wounded 1967, 48th Infantry Battalion

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Son of Thomas O'Dea and Annie O'Dea nee Williams of Mount Pleasant, SA

Commenced return to Australia on 17 March 1919 aboard HT Plassy disembarking on 27 April 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 10 August 1925 James married Johanna Catherine Brophy in St Matthews Church, Birdwood, SA