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O'BRIEN, Alexander Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2210 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 March 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 22 January 1893 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dairyman |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 26 December 1966, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Hemmant Cemetery and Crematorium, Brisbane, Queensland Interred on 29 December 1966. Grave is unmarked |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2210, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 7 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2210, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2210, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane | |
| 8 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2210, 41st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to effort syndrome |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Augustus Stafford O'Brien and Rose O'Brien nee Knight of Brisbane, QLD.
Next of kin given as his sister Mabel O'Brien of Hemmant, North Brisbane, QLD.
Commenced return to Australia on 10 December 1918 aboard HT Somali disembarking on 8 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal