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O'BRIEN, Thomas Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1081 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 September 1914, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Brigade Train |
| Born: | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tent and Sailmaker |
| Died: | Manly, New South Wales, Australia, 1948, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 1081, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Train, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement Driver, 1081, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked Driver, 1081, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Port Macquarie, Sydney | |
| 27 Feb 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 1081, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Train, Discharged at the 2nd Military District. 6th Army Service Corps |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William John O'Brien and Julia O'Brien of Castlereagh Street, Redfern, NSW.
Apprenticeship served with J.T. Dudley of Sussex Street, Sydney, NSW.
Husband on Isabella Louisa O'Brien nee Gridley of Everington Street, Fulham, London, England. Thomas and Isabella married on 16th August 1917 in St. Thomas's Church, Rylston, Road, Fulham, London, England. Priest Percy Clune officiated.9
Commenced return to Australia on 15 November 1919 aboard HT Ormonde disembarking on 29 December 1919
Not elibigle for medals