Thomas O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	421
Enlisted:	16 February 1915, Enlisted at Bright, Victoria
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Porepunkah, Victoria, Australia, 23 November 1895
Home Town:	Porepunkah, Alpine, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Moe, Victoria, Australia, 8 June 1974, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Yallourn Cemetery Lawn area, Row E. Commemorated in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

16 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 421, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bright, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 421, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 421, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
22 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 421, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Gassed
25 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 421, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Edward O'Brien and Elizabeth O'Brien nee Waterhouse of Porepunkah, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 28 March 1919 aboard HT Port Macquarie disembarking on 26 May 1919

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

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