Lindsay Gordon O'BRIEN

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O'BRIEN, Lindsay Gordon

Other Name:	DUNBAR, Richard John - Service Record - Alias
Service Numbers:	3279, 61603
Enlisted:	15 January 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	58th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kyneton, Victoria, Australia, 28 April 1892
Home Town:	Kyneton, Macedon Ranges, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia, 9 July 1949, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic, Row 171, Grave 0042. Interred on 11 July 1946. Commemorated on a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1

World War 1 Service

15 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3279
4 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 3279, 6th Field Ambulance, HMAT Ajana, Melbourne
4 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 3279, 6th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: ''
11 May 1916:	Involvement 3279, 6th Field Ambulance, Return to Australia
13 Sep 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3279, 6th Field Ambulance, Discharged át the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to dilated heart
25 Jun 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 61603, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, Enlisted at Kyneton, Victoria
31 Aug 1918:	Involvement Private, 61603, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: ''
31 Aug 1918:	Embarked Private, 61603, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, HMAT Barambah, Melbourne
28 Dec 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, At Tidworth, England
12 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 61603, 58th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Joseph O'Brien and Agnes Frances O'Brien nee Gleed of market Street, Kyneton, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia (first time) on 11 May 1916 aboard HS Kanowna 15 June 1916

Commenced return to Australia (second time) on 8 October 1919 aboard HT Devon disembarking on 27 November 1919

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

During 1930c Lindsay married Gladys Clara Cathcart in Victoria

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