Robert Charles O'BRIEN

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O'BRIEN, Robert Charles

Service Number:	180
Enlisted:	19 September 1914, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Peak Mountain, Queensland, Australia, 12 November 1887
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Foundry Mechanic
Died:	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 22 September 1944, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland Methodist 4, Block Allotment
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World War 1 Service

19 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 180, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 180, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 180, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
9 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Machine Gun Company, From 15th Battalion
21 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 15th Infantry Battalion, From 4th Machine Gun Company
28 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 180, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Charles Edwin O'Brien and Anne O'Brien nee Houston of West Street, Toowoomba, QLD.

Brother of Harold Edwin O'Brien who returned to Australia on 30 October 1918 having served with the 15th Battalion

Commenced rerturn to Australia on 23 October 1918 aboard HT Port Lyttleton disembarking on 25 December 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

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

On 13 February 1936 Robert married Christina Louisa Peters in QLD

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