Michael James O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	473
Enlisted:	12 October 1914, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 4 April 1893
Home Town:	Many Peaks, Gladstone, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 3 September 1957, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

12 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 473, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 473, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 473, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
9 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 473, 15th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the leg.
7 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 473, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
7 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 473, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane
21 Feb 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 473, 15th Infantry Battalion, Accidentally wounded and remained on duty
11 Apr 1917:	Imprisoned At Reincourt. Interned at Friedrichsfeld, Limburg, Germany. Repatriated to England on 25 December 1918
28 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 473, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military district as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Michael James O'Brien and Susan O'Brien nee Geary of Armidale, NSW.

Next of kin given as his sister Muriel O'Brien of Royal Hotel, Gladstone, QLD

Invalided to Australia on 26 January 1916 aboard HS Kanowna for change he later returned to the front on 2 November 1916.

Commenced return to Australia, second time, on 2 March 1919 aboard HT Derbyshire disembarking on 17 April 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal