John O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	2767
Enlisted:	12 July 1915, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 2 August 1894
Home Town:	Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Waiter
Died:	East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24 November 1925, aged 31 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic, Section H, Grave 1871 Commemorated with a Plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance, Wall 10B, Row H
Memorials:	South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor

12 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2767, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria
5 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2767, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Moldavia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
5 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2767, 21st Infantry Battalion, RMS Moldavia, Melbourne
20 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 22nd Infantry Battalion, From 21st Battalion
2 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2767, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to pneumonia

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Son of Jerimiah O'Brien and Mary Ellen O'Brien nee- Healey of Creswick, Victoria.

Next of kin given as his sister Nellie O'Brien of St Vincent Place, Albert Park, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 18 January 1919 aboard HT Ulysses disembarking on 13 March 1919

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

During 1922c John married Olive May Alice Gray in Victoria