Kenneth Lucas O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	1705
Enlisted:	30 August 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	5th Divisional Ammunition Column
Born:	Kingston, Tasmania, Australia, 17 June 1896
Home Town:	Tunnack, Southern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Tunnack, Tasmania, Australia, 14 February 1980, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	St Brigid Catholic Church Cemetery, Tunnack, Tasmania
Memorials:	Oatlands Soldiers Memorial, Tunnack State School Roll of Honour

30 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1705, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
23 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 1705, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 1705, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
20 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, From 12th Light Horse Regiment in France
26 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 1705, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Thomas O'Brien and Florance Annie O'Brien nee Lucas of Tunnack, Tasmania.

Commenced Return to Australia on 15 May 1919 aboard HT Orontes disembarking on 28 June 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart

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

On 25 February 1930 Kenneth married Eva May Mackey in Barrack Street, Hobart, Tasmana

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