John O'BRIEN

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Other Name:	Cheney, Arthur
Service Number:	6944
Enlisted:	27 February 1917, Enlisted at Cloncurry, QLD
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	Tunnelling Companies
Born:	Creswick, Victoria, Australia, 29 September 1891
Home Town:	Cloncurry, Cloncurry, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Yarraville, Victoria, Australia, 26 December 1941, aged 50 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Footscray Cemetery, Victoria Wesleyan A, Grave 1465
Memorials:

27 Feb 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6944, Tunnelling Companies, Enlisted at Cloncurry, QLD
11 May 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 6944, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
11 May 1917:	Embarked Sapper, 6944, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
10 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 6944, Tunnelling Companies, Gassed, severe gas burn to both hands. Transferred to England on 24 September 1917 aboard HS St. Denis
4 May 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 6944, Tunnelling Companies, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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On page 23 of the Attestation paper it states that his true name was Arthur Cheney but served at as John O'Brien

Son of John Cheney and Nancy Laura Cheney nee Grenfell of Creswick, Victoria.

Next of kin given as his sisiter Cissie Wilhelmina Benjamin of Rowe Street, Ballarat East, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 30 January 1918 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 21 March 1918 at Melbourne for discharge.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1918c Arthur married Emma Harriet Harris is Victoria