Daniel O'MARA

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Service Number:	5446
Enlisted:	7 January 1916, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 1873
Home Town:	Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 22 August 1923, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Ipswich General Cemetery, Qld Roman Catholic B, Grave site unknown.
Memorials:

7 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5446, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
20 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5446, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
20 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5446, 9th Infantry Battalion, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney
31 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 31st Infantry Battalion, From 9th Battalion
26 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5446, 31st Infantry Battalion, Severe shell wound to the arm and thigh . Embarked to England on 30 September 1917 aboard HS Jans Breydel
28 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5446, 31st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of Daniel O'Mara and Susan O'Mara nee Leyden of Ipswich, QLD.

Next of kin given as a friend John Brady of Ellen Street, Barcaldine, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 30 January 1918 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 21 March 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane by rail

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal