Arthur O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	2428
Enlisted:	9 June 1916, Enlisted at Fremantle, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1877
Home Town:	Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Lumper
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, 29 January 1948, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia Roman Catholic area, Section CC, Grave 0836. Interred on 30 January 1948. May be expired. Commemorated in the WA Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

9 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2428, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Fremantle, WA
30 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2428, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
30 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2428, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Fremantle
28 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2428, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism and premature senility

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Son of Alice O'Donnell formerly O'Brien of Mary Street, South Fremantle, WA.

Commenced return to Australia on 17 December 1918 aboard HT Argyllshire disembarking on 19 January 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal