Alfred O'BRIEN

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Service Numbers:	18519, 185019
Enlisted:	4 December 1915, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	7th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Darlinghurst, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electrical Mechanic
Memorials:

4 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 18519, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
11 May 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 18519, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
11 May 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 18519, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
1 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 18519, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Penetrating chest wound
17 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 185019, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Alfred P. O'Brien and Ellen O'Brien of Barcom Avenue, Darlinghurst, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 11 May 1919 aboard HT Zealandia disembarking on 1 July 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal