Thomas O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	3686
Enlisted:	22 May 1917, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	55th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cuckraite, India, 20 September 1877
Home Town:	Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse Trainer
Died:	New South Wales, Australia, 14 May 1950, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Tweed Heads Old General Cemetery, New South Wales Row 17
Memorials:

22 May 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3686, 55th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
31 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 3686, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
31 Oct 1917:	Embarked Private, 3686, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
5 Sep 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3686, 55th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to a hernia

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Next of kin given as his sister Elizabeth Burns of Strickland Street, Bendigo, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 12 May 1918 aboard HT Ruahine disembarking on 5 July 1918

Medal: British War Medal