Percy Austin O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	2951
Enlisted:	25 March 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Annandale, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia, 25 January 1970, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Roman Catholic, Lawn 2, Grave 1007
Memorials:

25 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2951, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
30 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2951, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2951, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
24 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2951, 1st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Michael O'Brien and Ceceilia O'Brien of Annandale, NSW.

Next of kin given as his uncle Patrick O'Brien of Catherine Street, Leichhardt, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 6 October 1919 aboard HT Pakeha disembarking on 24 November 1919 at Melbourne for onward travelt o Sydney

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

During 1920c Percy married Mabel Zeta Molloy in Randwick, NSW.