Arthur O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	2187
Enlisted:	14 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Enfield, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Lidcombe, Auburn, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, cause of death not yet discovered, date not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
Memorials:

14 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2187, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
30 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2187, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2187, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
9 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2187, 17th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the face. Embarked for England on 4 December 1916 aboard HS Carisbrooke
29 Oct 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2187, 17th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to impaired vision caused by wounding

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Son of John O'Brien and Elizabeth O'Brien of Sweet Street, Lidcombe, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 9 August 1917 aboard HT Demosthenes disembarking on 24 September 1917 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

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