John Wilfred O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	208
Enlisted:	21 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Narrabri West, Narrabri, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, 4 February 1935, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Gladstone Cemetery, Qld Grave 17, Row 6, Section A. Commemorated with a plaque in the QLD Garden of Remembrance, Wall 3, Row S
Memorials:	West Narrabri Public School Roll of Honour

21 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 208, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 208, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 208, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 208, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right arm and left foot
8 Jan 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 208, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Thomas Edward O'Brien and Jane O'Brien nee Walsh of Narrabri West, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 13 August 1915 aboard HS Themistocles disembarking on 9 September 1915

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