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OBORN, Anthony David
| Service Number: | 17885 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 October 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 5th Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Dublin, South Australia, 16 February 1882 |
| Home Town: | Keswick, City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Electric Motor Dirver |
| Died: | Murray Bridge, South Australia, 8 June 1935, aged 53 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Murray Bridge (Adelaide Road) Cemetery, S.A. Seventh Drive Path, Plot B200 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 17885, 5th Divisional Signal Company, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA | |
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| 9 Nov 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 17885, 5th Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 17885, 5th Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Driver, 17885 | |
| 23 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 17885, 5th Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 4th Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Attestation paper has place as birth as Duthil, SA which may be a property name but records have his place of birth as Dublin, SA.
Son of David Oborn and Agnes Oborn nee Craig of Dublin, SA later of Mount Barker, SA.
Brother of Elder Harrah Oborn who was killed in action on 28 October 1917 while serving with the 5th Field Artillery Brigade. Buried in the Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery, Plot 11, Row E, Grave 4.
On 18 November 1916 Anthony married Dorothy Rose Smith in the Methodist Church, Mount Barker, SA.
Commenced return to Australia on 16 June 1919 aboard HT Ormonde disembarking on 29 July 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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