Jack O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	1008
Enlisted:	15 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	4th Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop
Born:	Woodville, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, 23 February 1892
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Telegraphist
Died:	New South Wales, Australia, 19 May 1974, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

15 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 1008, 4th Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
31 May 1915:	Involvement Sapper, 1008, 4th Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: ''
31 May 1915:	Embarked Sapper, 1008, 4th Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, HMAT Ajana, Sydney
13 Feb 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Patrick O'Brien and Mary O'Brien of Woodville, Hawkes Bay, NZ.

Next of kin given as his sister R.J. Yierney, Onga Onga, Hawke's Bay, NZ

On 28 November 1918 Jack married Christina Urquart in Bath Hotel, Blythwood, Glasgow, Scotland

Commenced return to Australia on 30 October 1919 aboard HT Wahehe disembarking on 15 December 1919

Medals: Military Cross, Distinguished Conduct Medal, Military Medal, 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal