Peter O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	1313
Enlisted:	14 September 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Anzac Provost Corps
Born:	Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia, 1879
Home Town:	Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cook
Died:	Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 30 November 1929, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

14 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1313, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1313, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1313, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
15 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 1313, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
15 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 1313, 2nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney
27 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Infantry Battalion, From re-enforcements
28 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Anzac Provost Corps , From 2nd Battalion
23 Nov 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1313, Anzac Provost Corps , Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism

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Next of kin given as his brother William Beele O'Brien of Blayney, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 15 August 1915 aboard HT Themistocles for change later returning with the 2nd Battalion

Commenced return to Australia on 27 August 1917 aboard NZHT Pakeha disembarking on 25 October 1917

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal