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Robert John O'LEARY

Regimental number3604
Place of birthCoburg, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationDriver
Address16 Ackland Street, St Kilda, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, Arthur E O'Leary, 16 Acland Street, St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date20 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 5 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 28 March 1918
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialBerks Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 52), (Rosenberg Plateau Plots) Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
102
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur and Elizabeth O'LEARY, 16 Ackland Street, St. Kilda, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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