George O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	2704
Enlisted:	1 May 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Youghal, County Cork, Ireland, 1873
Home Town:	North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Bookkeeper
Memorials:

1 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2704, 54th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
7 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2704, 54th 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, 2704, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
14 Nov 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, From 54th Battalion
4 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2704, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District at medically unfit due to haemorrhoids

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Next of kin was given as his sister Nurse Clara O;Brien of Merlin Street, North Sydney, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 24 Decembert 1918 aboard HT Takada disembarking on 11 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal