Mark Joseph O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	2600
Enlisted:	15 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	8th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 8 November 1894
Home Town:	Chillingollah, Swan Hill, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer/Hairdresser
Died:	Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 30 December 1965, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Field Of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, NSW Anglican, Section G, Grave 149
Memorials:

15 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2600, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
11 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 2600, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
11 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 2600, 8th Light Horse Regiment, RMS Mongolia, Melbourne
1 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 2600, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to nasal obstruction

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Son of John Patrick o'Brien and Rose Agnes Sorrighan of Bendigo Victoria later C/- W.G. Thomas of Broadford, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 20 April 1919 aboard HT Dorset disembarking 11 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1922c Mark married Kathleen Cotter in Victoria