Denis O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	3347
Enlisted:	22 May 1917, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, 1872
Home Town:	South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bootmaker
Died:	Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia, 15 November 1934, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Boroondara (Kew) General Cemetery, Victoria Buried under the name of Denis Lionel O'Brien. Interred on 16 November 1934
Memorials:	South Melbourne Dorcas St State School No 1253 and Montague State School No 2784 Honour Roll

22 May 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3347, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
4 Aug 1917:	Involvement Private, 3347, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
4 Aug 1917:	Embarked Private, 3347, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
14 Aug 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3347, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to premature senility

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Maritatl status at the time of enlistment was widower his wife Elizabeth Agnes O'Brien nee Tracey having died in 1910c

Next of kin given as his son Walter Francis O'Brien C/- John Connell, Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 12 May 1918

Medal: British War Medal