Sylvester John Alexander O'BRIEN

O'BRIEN, Sylvester John Alexander

    Service Number: 6063
    Enlisted: 7 February 1916, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia, 1877
    Home Town: Mathoura, Murray Shire, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
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    World War 1 Service

    7 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6063, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW
    22 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 6063, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
    22 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 6063, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
    20 Dec 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6063, 4th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Patrick O'Brien and Ellen O'Brien of Deniliquin, NSW.

    Next of kin given as his sister Josephine Swanson of Moira Siding, via Mathoura, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia on 8 August 1918 aboard HT Carpenteria disembarking on 5 October 1918

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1927c Sylvester married Madeline Feenan in Hamilton, NSW

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