Daniel Arthur O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	2188
Enlisted:	1 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Yarrawonga, Moira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, Panel 17
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Yarrawonga War Memorial, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

1 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2188, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
30 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2188, 17th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2188, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney

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Son of William O'Brien and Catherine O'Brien nee Austin of Belmore Street, Yarrawonga, Victoria.

Address at the time of enlistment was given as C/- of his uncle John O'Brien of Clinter Street, Goulburn, NSW.

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