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Arthur Edward O'LEARY

Regimental number5414
Place of birthMelbourne Victoria
SchoolCatholic School
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationHorse trainer
AddressHughenden, Vickery Street East Malvern, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinMother, Mrs M O'Leary, Hughenden, Vickery Street, East Malvern, Victoria
Enlistment date28 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A33 Ayrshire on 3 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 22 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot X, Row A, Grave No. 2), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
44
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Mary O'LEARY, 26 Nightingale Street, Balaclava, Victoria. Native of Melbourne, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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