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O'BRIEN, John Edgar
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 187 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 December 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 11 June 1893 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Telegraphist |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 11 June 1965, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora General Cemetery, New South Wales Floral Court AIF Wall, Panel P, Niche 008 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 187, 1st Signal Company Engineers, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 15 Feb 1915: | Involvement Sapper, 187, 1st Signal Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
| 15 Feb 1915: | Embarked Sapper, 187, 1st Signal Company Engineers, HMAT Itonus, Adelaide | |
| 6 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 5th Divisional Signal Company, From 1st Signal Company Engineers. | |
| 15 Dec 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Divisional Signal Company, From 5th Divisional Signal Company | |
| 30 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 187, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Jerimah O'Brien and Fanny O'Brien of Regent Street, Sydney, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia on 7 February 1919 aboard HT Lancashire disembarking on 24 March 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney by transport.
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal