Herbert O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	2713
Enlisted:	9 January 1916, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	30th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Ironworker
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 15 April 1965, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Field Of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, NSW Roman Catholic, Section DD, Grave 99
Memorials:

9 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2713, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
9 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 2713, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
9 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 2713, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney
29 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2713, 30th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right shoulder and neck. Transferred to England on 10 October 1918
25 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2713, 30th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of William O'Brien and Agnes O'Brien of Bradford Street, Balmain, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 5 July 1919 aboard HT Port Melbourne disembarking on 20 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal