James O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	199
Enlisted:	21 February 1916, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Chiltern, Victoria, Australia, 1880
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 29 July 1917
Cemetery:	Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium Plot 11, Row F, Grave 5. Chaplain Best officiated
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

21 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 199, 38th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
27 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 199, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
27 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 199, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
29 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 199, 39th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right hand.

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Son of Patrick O'Brien and Mary Ann O'Brien nee Quinn of Ralston Street, South Yarra, Victoria.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal