Thomas James O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	3454
Enlisted:	3 January 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	55th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mitchell, Queensalnd, Australia, 17 October 1897
Home Town:	Cobar, Cobar, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 30 January 1973, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Gravatt Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane ANZAC 2, 309. Commemorated with a plaque in the QLD Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

3 Jan 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3454, 55th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
24 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 3454, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
24 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 3454, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney
12 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3454, 55th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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At the time of enlistment Thomas was employed at Cobar, NSW.

Son of John Paul O'Brien and Catherine O'Brien nee McHenry of Alma Cottage, Amby, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 8 July 1919 aboard HT Friedrichsruh disembarking on 4 September 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal