John Francis (Jules) O'BRIEN

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Other Name:	O'Brien, John Thomas
Service Number:	2418
Enlisted:	10 May 1915, Enlisted at Warracknabeal, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 10 August 1879
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 10 May 1957, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic U, Grave Grave 11695. Grave appears to be unmarked. Commemorated in the Ballarat Avenue of Hour with a Ulmus Spruce tree and a plaque 689.
Memorials:

10 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2418, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warracknabeal, Victoria
10 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 2418, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Persia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
10 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 2418, 14th Infantry Battalion, RMS Persia, Melbourne
16 Aug 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2418, 14th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to hallux rigidus

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Son of Thomas Joseph O'Brien and Mary Julia O'Brien nee Inceldon of Eyre Street, Ballarat, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 4 May 1917 aboard HT Runic disembarking on 5 July 1917

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