John Thomas O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	1990
Enlisted:	20 January 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1883
Home Town:	Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fitter's Assistant
Died:	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1945, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

20 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1990, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
17 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1990, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
17 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1990, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
28 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1990, 14th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right arm. Embarked for England from Boulogne on 3 September 1916 aboard HS Jan Breydel
15 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1990, 14th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed.
12 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1990, 14th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Address at the time of enlistment Ferrars Street, South Melbourne, Victoria.

Son of James O'Brien and Jane Amelia Mary O'Brien nee Hanney of Hobart, Tasmania

Next of kin given as his sister Elizabeth Perkins of Hutchinson Street, Brunswick, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 23 March 1919 aboard HT Cluny Castle disembarking on 21 May 1919

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