John Edward O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	248
Enlisted:	16 March 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Terang, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Mortlake, Moyne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 16 September 1969, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Geelong Eastern Cemetery, Victoria Lawn C, Row 808, Grave 0692. Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Shire of Mortlake War Memorial

16 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 248, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 248, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 248, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
30 Aug 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 248, 24th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to curvature of the spine

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Son of John O'Brien and Harriet Mary O'Brien nee Hill of Mortlake, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 10 June 1916 aboard HT Itonis disembarking on 18 July 1916

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

During 1917c John married Minetta Isabel Robertson in Victoria