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O'BRIEN, Sidney William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 7533 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 March 1917, Enlisted at Trial Bay, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia, 3 March 1894 |
| Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Saw Mill Hand |
| Died: | Gladesville Mental Hospital, New South Wales, Australia, 9 December 1948, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7533, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Trial Bay, NSW | |
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| 31 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 7533, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 7533, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 31 Mar 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7533, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Penetrating wound to the chest, self inflicted | |
| 4 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7533, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was German Concentration Camp, Trial Bay, NSW
Son of Michael Joseph O'Brien and Catherine Mary O'Brien nee McCoy of High Street, North Sydney, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia on 19 October 1918 as wounded aboard HT Sardinia disembarking on 27 December 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal