James O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	2711
Enlisted:	16 June 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian Corps School (AIF)
Born:	Tipperary, Ireland, 1877
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Queensland, Australia, January 1939, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland
Memorials:

16 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2711, 49th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
7 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2711, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
7 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2711, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
27 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 25th Infantry Battalion, From 49th Battalion
18 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion, From 25th Battalion
19 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Corps School (AIF), From 49th Battalion
20 Dec 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2711, Australian Corps School (AIF), Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to chronic rheumatism and overage

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Next of kin given as his sister Winnie Ryan of 'Oola', Limerick, Ireland

Commenced return to Australia 27 September 1917 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 18 November 1917 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal