Francis Patrick O'BRIEN

O'BRIEN, Francis Patrick

    Service Numbers: 768, 768A
    Enlisted: 2 March 1917, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 9th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19 May 1898
    Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Horse Breaker
    Died: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1 September 1960, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Nudgee Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane
    RC PA5 65
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    World War 1 Service

    2 Mar 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 768, 3rd Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
    21 Nov 1917: Involvement Private, 768, 3rd Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
    21 Nov 1917: Embarked Private, 768, 3rd Machine Gun Company, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
    1 May 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Infantry Battalion, From 3rd Machine Gun Company. Letter A added to the service number when taken on strength, now 768A
    26 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 768A, 9th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Thomas O'Brien and Ester Ellen O'Brien nee Robinson of Victoria.

    Next of kin given as his sister Annie Rogers C/- Mrs G L Lennartz of Thistle Estate, Rose Street, , Kedron, QLD

    Commenced return to Australia on 9 March 1919 aboard HT Kashmir disembarking on 23 April 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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