John Steven O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	177
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Field Ambulance
Born:	Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia , 1889
Home Town:	Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bootmaker
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 13 March 1965, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW Roman Catholic Monumental FM 1, Position 71A. Alternative spelling of the middle name used. Interred on 16 March 1965
Memorials:

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 177, 1st Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 177, 1st Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 177, 1st Field Ambulance, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
9 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Field Ambulance, From 1st Field Ambulance
26 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 177, 7th Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Patrick O'Brien and Frances O'Brien of Turner Street, Redfern, NSW.

On 10 March 1919 John married Anne McFadden in the Sacred Heart Church, Edinburgh, Scotland. Rev. Robert E. J. Brown officiated.

Commenced return to Australia on 4 June 1919 aboard HT Bremen disembarking on 27 July 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal