Leslie James O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	14677
Enlisted:	22 January 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	14th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Belmont, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:	Maryborough St. Paul's Anglican Church Book of Remembrance

22 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 14677, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
4 May 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 14677, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 14677, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
13 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 14677, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of John O'Brien and Georgina O'Brien nee Quinn of Belmont via Geelong, Victoria.

Next of kin given as his brother William O'Brien of Yarra Junction, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 23 June 1919 aboard HT Orita disembarking on 6 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c Leslie married Lucy Gilbert in Victoria