John O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	6943
Enlisted:	12 March 1917, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Brigade Headquarters
Born:	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Military Staff Clerk
Memorials:

12 Mar 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6943, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
11 May 1917:	Involvement 6943, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
11 May 1917:	Embarked 6943, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
20 Jul 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, 21st Infantry Battalion, In England, from 23rd Battalion
15 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, 13th Infantry Brigade Headquarters , From 21st Battalion
18 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, 6943, 13th Infantry Brigade Headquarters , Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Walmsley Street, Kangaroo Point, QLD.

Next of kin given as his cousin Ellen Perkins of Mackinnon, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 25 March 1919 aboard HT Port Denison disembarking on 19 May 1919 at Adelaide for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal