John O'BRIEN

O'BRIEN, John

    Other Name: O'Brien, Harold John - page 87 of Service Record
    Service Number: 4857
    Enlisted: 10 September 1915, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 57th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
    Home Town: Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Professional Athlete
    Died: New South Wales, Australia, 24 March 1979, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    10 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4857, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW
    8 Mar 1916: Involvement Private, 4857, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
    8 Mar 1916: Embarked Private, 4857, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney
    20 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion, From 2nd Battalion
    13 May 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, From 54th Battalion
    23 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 61st Infantry Battalion , From 57th Battalion
    4 Apr 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 62nd Infantry Battalion, From 61st Battalion
    28 Aug 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, From 62nd Battalion
    10 Jan 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4857, 57th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    On Page 67 of his Attestation paper gives his name as Harold John O'Brien but he served at John O'Brien

    Husband of Ivy Ethel O'Brien nee Wells of Norton Street, Leichhardt, NSW. John and Ivy married during 1916c in Sydney, NSW formerly of Haldon Street, Lakemba, NSW.

    Commenced return to Australia on 6 October 1919 aboard HT Pakeda disembarking on 24 November 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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