Robert Alfred O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	325
Enlisted:	10 June 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	36th Heavy Artillery Brigade
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 8 November 1891
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

10 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 325, Siege Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
17 Jul 1915:	Involvement Gunner, 325, Siege Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
17 Jul 1915:	Embarked Gunner, 325, Siege Artillery Brigade, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
10 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 36th Heavy Artillery Brigade
13 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 325, 36th Heavy Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of William O'Brien and Mary Jane Brady formerly O'Brien nee Foster of Clapton Street, Toowoomba, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 12 July 1919 aboard HT Indarra disembarking on 6 September 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal, Croix de Guerre

On 2 July 1920 Robert married Ellen Eadington Johnson in QLD