John Joseph O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	948
Enlisted:	8 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 19 April 1897
Home Town:	Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Wyong, New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia , 1947, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

8 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 948, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 948, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 948, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
20 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 948, 18th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the hand. Embarked for England on 23 September 1917 aboard HS Ville de Liege
26 Nov 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 948, 18th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Address given at the time of enlistment was Fetheringham Arden Street, Waverley, NSW.

Son of Daniel O'Brien and Annie O'Brien of Claremont Stony Creek Road, Bealey, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 24 August 1918 aboard HT Medic disembarking on 13 October 1918

Commenced return to Australia on 6 September 1919 aboard HT Euripides on disembarking on 24 October 1919

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