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O'BRIEN, Michael Dennis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4825 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 October 1916, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Coleraine, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Coleraine, Southern Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Auburn, New South Wales, Australia, June 1962, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW Interred on 25 June 1962 |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4825, 30th Infantry Brigade, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 4825, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 4825, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 25 Jun 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4825, 30th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to varicose veins |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John O'Brien and Mary O'Brien of Coleraine, Victoria.
Commenced returned to Australia on 10 March 1918 aboard HT Durham Castler then transhipped to HT Orontes disembarking on 13 May 1918
Medal: British War Medal
In 1929 Michael was residing in Balranald, NSW then in 1940 he had moved to Kalkaroo Station, Mingary, SA