Ernest Arthur O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	2641
Enlisted:	20 February 1915, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	14th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Amby, Queensland, Australia, 3 March 1886
Home Town:	Amby, Maranoa, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stockman
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 10 September 1965, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cairns Cemetery, Queensland BES, Row Y5, Grave 9795
Memorials:	Amby War Memorial

20 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 2641, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD
16 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 2641, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, Embarked HMAT Borda at Brisbane, QLD
22 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Field Company Engineers
21 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2641, 14th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 1st Military District
Date unknown:	Involvement Driver, 2641, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
Date unknown:	Embarked Driver, 2641, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance

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Son of John Paul O'Brien and Catherine Agnes O'Brien nee McHenry of Amby, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 5 April 1919 aboard HT Armagh disembarking on 18 May 1919

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

Post war Ernest lived a Charleville and was a member of the local RSL Sub Branch