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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=O'Hara John
|Army number=4454614
|Rank=Pte
|Date of birth=Born 21/9/1918 at 22, Catherine Street, Spennymoor.
|Age=0
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 24/4/1939.  Posted 6th Battalion DLI.  Posted 10th Bn DLI 1/9/1939.  Served BEF?  Posted 70th Brigade HQ.  Served Iceland.  Transferred to East Yorkshire Regiment 22/10/1942.  Transferred to Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 25/6/1943.  Released to Z Class Reserve 14/6/1946.
|Company/Battery=Brigade Headquarters.
|Task or role=Dining Room Orderly.
|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
|Died/Killed in action=27/2/1992.
|Home address=Resident in Spennymoor in 1949.   
|Source table=10DLI
}}

John O'Hara was one of three brothers from Spennymoor who all served in the DLI.  [http://70brigade.newmp.org.uk/wiki/O%27Hara_William_Pte_4455622 William] died of wounds at [[FICHEUX]] 20/5/1940 with 10th DLI and Harry remained with 6th Battalion.

Sincere thanks are due to Tom O'Hara, John O'Hara's son, for family and military information supplied.