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O'BRIEN, James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 50975 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 December 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 13th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Sofala .,New South Wales, Australia, 13 June 1893 |
| Home Town: | Wellington, Wellington, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Timber Merchant |
| Died: | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 12 October 1960, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Wattle Flat Catholic Cemetery, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Dec 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 50975, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 8 May 1918: | Involvement Private, 50975, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 8 May 1918: | Embarked Private, 50975, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, RMS Osterley, Sydney | |
| 1 Jul 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 20th Infantry Battalion, From re-enforcements | |
| 26 Jul 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 36th Infantry Battalion, From 20th Battalion | |
| 22 Aug 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Field Company Engineers, From 36th Battalion | |
| 4 Feb 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 13th Field Company Engineers, From Field Company Engineers | |
| 7 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 50975, 13th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James O'Brien and Mary J. O'Brien of Maughan Street, Wellington, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia on 3 April 1919 aboard HT Leicestshire disembarking on 22 June 1919
Medal: British War Medal
During 1938c James married Helen Hannah King in Manly, NSW