Christopher O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	7031
Enlisted:	26 September 1916, Enlisted at Brunswick, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Jika Jika, Victoria, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stevedore
Died:	Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 20 February 1963, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic Compartment 1, Grave 3647
Memorials:

26 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7031, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brunswick, Victoria
23 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 7031, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 7031, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
23 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7031, 8th Infantry Battalion, Gassed. Invalided to England on 28 August 1918.
6 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7031, 8th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to gassing

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Son of James O'Brien and Mary O'Brien nee Bardsley of Evans Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 21 December 1918 aboard HT Mawari disembarking on 4 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Florence Ada O'Brien nee Preiser.