Michall Joseph O'BRIEN MC

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O'BRIEN, Michall Joseph

Service Number:	1753
Enlisted:	20 January 1915, Enlisted at Castlemaine, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Traveller
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

20 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1753, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Castlemaine, Victoria
16 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 1753, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1915:	Embarked Private, 1753, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
1 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Machine Gun Company, From 21st Battalion
11 Jun 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1753, 21st Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left arm and hand. Embarked for England on 2 July 1915 aboard HS St. Denis from Boulogne
29 Mar 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, From 6th Machine Gun Company
11 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Second occasion. Shell wound to the right thigh
28 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged in London, England

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Next of kin given as a friend Elsie Henry of Wagga Wagga, NSW

Medals: Military Corss, 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Gold Medal (Serbia, issued on 5 December 1916)

In 1920 his address was believed to be Baker Street, Longsight, Manchester, England. Further communication stated that he was not intending to return to Australia as he had fathered a child with a Mrs Mary Wellman of that address.

A Denis Breen of Junee Junction, NSW tried unsuccessfully to find Michael between 1918-1920

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