James Joseph O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	2866
Enlisted:	15 August 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	35th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Merriwa, New South Wales, Australia, 3 December 1895
Home Town:	Walgett, Walgett, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Walgett, New South Wales, Australia, 6 April 1970, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Walgett Cemetery, NSW Catholic, Monumental, Grave 218
Memorials:	Walgett War Memorial

15 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2866, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
9 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 2866, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 2866, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney
11 Jul 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 35th Infantry Battalion, From 3rd Pioneer Battalion
4 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2866, 35th Infantry Battalion
29 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2866, 35th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Shell wounds to both legs. Invalided to England on 16 June 1918
2 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2866, 35th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of James Thomas O'Brien and Catherine Cecily O'Brien nee Gleeson of Tallwood Station, Walgett, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 2 March 1919 aboard HT Derbyshire disembarking on 17 April 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal