Owen Walter O'BRIEN

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Service Numbers:	15841, 18541
Enlisted:	27 October 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	1st Divisional Signal Company
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 8 June 1894
Home Town:	Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk and University Sudent
Died:	Queensland, Australia., 20 March 1962, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Corinda Sherwood Shire Roll of Honor, St Lucia King's College WWI Roll of Honour

27 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 15841, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
5 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Field Company Engineers
8 Aug 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 18541, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
8 Aug 1917:	Embarked Sapper, 18541, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Anchises, Sydney
9 Feb 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Divisional Signal Company, In France
30 Oct 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 18541, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to effort syndrome

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Son of Joshua O'Brien and Mary Louisa O'Brien nee Bell of Gipps Street, Brisbane, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 24 August 1918 aboard HT Medic disembarking on 9 October 1918 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 3 July 1922 Owen married Gwendoline Sarah Jones in QLD