John Marson O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	4508
Enlisted:	18 November 1915, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Army Medical Corps (AIF)
Born:	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Pastry Cook
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 7 July 1970, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

18 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4508, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
9 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4508, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
9 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4508, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney
4 Jun 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Army Medical Corps (AIF), From 18th Battalion
24 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4508, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Thomas O'Brien and Elizabeth O'Brien of Albion Street, Paddington, NSW.

Apprenticed to Sargents Ltd. of Darlinghurst, NSW for three years.

Commenced return to Australia on 16 June 1919 aboard HS Ormonde as nursing staff disembarking on 4 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1942c John married Olive Margaret Murphy