Michael O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	3100
Enlisted:	26 August 1916, Enlisted at Charleville, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1898
Home Town:	Charleville, Murweh, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stockman
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 6 March 1977, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Albany Creek Cemetery, QLD Columbarium 15, Section 1
Memorials:

26 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3100, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Charleville, QLD
7 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 3100, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 3100, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
20 Jul 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, From 42nd Battalion
23 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , In France
1 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3100, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit

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Full name is Michael Joseph O'Brien, Son of Bridget O'Brien on Brisbane, QLD.

Next of kin given as a friend James Forrest of Ballastman, Cheepie Line, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 1 August 1919 aboard HT Argyllshire disembarking on 22 September 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

MedalsL British War Medal, Victory Medal