Norman James O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	2858
Enlisted:	22 November 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1884
Home Town:	Essendon, Moonee Valley, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 27 September 1957, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia Plot reads:-26256N
Memorials:

22 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2858, 38th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
16 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 2858, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 2858, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Melbourne
28 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 67th Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 38th Battalion at Windmill Hill, England
2 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 38th Infantry Battalion, From 67th Battalion
12 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2858, 38th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the left forearm. Embarked for England on 14 October 1917 aboard HS St. Denis
3 Jul 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Army Pay Corps (AIF), From 38th Battalion
28 Dec 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 38th Infantry Battalion, From Pay Corps
1 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2858, 38th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Full name is Norman James Dalton O'Brien but served at Norman James O'Brien.

Son of James William O'Brien and Kate O'Brien nee McMahon of Primrose Street, Essendon, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 18 Janjuary 1919 aboard HT Ulysses disembarking on 10 March 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1919 Norman married Mary Keane in Victoria.