John O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	322
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	1st Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia, 13 June 1891
Home Town:	Bourke, Bourke, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse Breaker
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 22 May 1969, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales EE, Rose Garden 23, Site 0055. Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Wales Garden of Remembrance.
Memorials:

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 322, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Driver, 322, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Driver, 322, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
22 Nov 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 322, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Wound to the right leg. Invalided to England on 25 August 1918
27 Jun 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 322, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Next of kin given as his sister Ellen O'Brien of Bowra, NSW. Son of Michael O'Brien and Johanna O'Brien nee O'Connell of Cloncurry, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 31 March 1919 aboard HT Wandilla darrivinf on 18 May 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

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