'For most efficient work and devotion to duty. On 14th March, 1917, at GREVILLERS he personally installed a power buzzer in that village when it was under constant shell fire. On 25th March, 1917, in connection with the attack on LAGNICOURT by the 7th Australian Infantry Brigade, he was the operator who attempted to establish wireless communication with the front line. This Sapper has done excellent work in the field since last November, from the first he was a volunteer for carrying a power buzzer forward in an advance, but as no opportunity occurred he was usually managed to be in the most dangerous corners with either a power buzzer amplifier or listening post.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 174
Date: 11 October 1917

Regimental number	71
Place of birth	Nuriootpa, South Australia
Religion	Church of England
Occupation	Electrical engineer
Address	Arthur Street, Medindie, South Australia
Marital status	Single
Age at embarkation	26
Next of kin	Father, David J McNamara, Medindie, South Australia
Enlistment date	19 August 1914
Rank on enlistment	Sapper
Unit name	3rd Field Company Engineers, Headquarters, Section 1, Section 2 and Section 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number	14/22/1
Embarkation details	Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A2 Geelong on 22 September 1914
Regimental number from Nominal Roll	71A
Rank from Nominal Roll	Sapper
Unit from Nominal Roll	1st Divisional Signal Company
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)	Military Medal Recommendation date: "12 April 1917 Mention in Despatches Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 31089 (31 December 1918); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 61 (23 May 1919). Recommendation date: 27 September 1918
Fate	Died of wounds 18 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records	31
Place of burial	Cerisy-Gailly French National Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 8), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial	25
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records	Parents: David Joseph and Emma MCNAMARA, 11 Arthur Street, Medindie, South Australia
Medals	Military Medal 'For most efficient work and devotion to duty. On 14th March, 1917, at GREVILLERS he personally installed a power buzzer in that village when it was under constant shell fire. On 25th March, 1917, in connection with the attack on LAGNICOURT by the 7th Australian Infantry Brigade, he was the operator who attempted to establish wireless communication with the front line. This Sapper has done excellent work in the field since last November, from the first he was a volunteer for carrying a power buzzer forward in an advance, but as no opportunity occurred he was usually managed to be in the most dangerous corners with either a power buzzer amplifier or listening post.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 174 Date: 11 October 1917
Other details	Medals: Military Medal, 1914-14 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Louis Warnecke McNAMARA