Richard O'BRIEN

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Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	1 August 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 15 January 1877
Home Town:	Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Banana Planter
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 22 July 1963, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot reads: 22-11-12
Memorials:

1 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
18 May 1916:	Involvement Captain, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
18 May 1916:	Embarked Captain, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
7 Jul 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 41st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of James O'Brien and Sarah Ann O'Brien nee Marsden, of Highlands Figtree Pocket, Indooroopilly, QLD.

On 30 July 1919 Richard married Cecily Rose Loney at St. Georges, Billet Street, Taunton, Somerset, England. Registrar S.R. Chapman officiated

Commenced return to Australia on 12 March 1920 aboard HT Ceramic

Medal: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of James O'Brien and Sarah Ann O'Brien nee Marsden, of Highlands Figtree Pocket, Indooroopilly, QLD.

On 30 July 1919 Richard married Cecily Rose Loney at St. Georges, Billet Street, Taunton, Somerset, England. Registrar S.R. Chapman officiated

Commenced return to Australia on 12 March 1920 aboard HT Ceramic

Medal: British War Medal, Victory Medal