James O'BRIEN

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Service Numbers:	19815, 19812
Enlisted:	8 October 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	3rd Divisional Ammunition Column
Born:	Prospect, South Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Largs Bay, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

8 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 19815, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
20 May 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 19815, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
20 May 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 19815, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Melbourne
5 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, In France
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Gunner, 19815
10 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 19812, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, Discharged at the 4th Military District

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Next of kin given as his brother Edward O'Brien C/- E J Daley, Sinclair Terrace, Largs Bay, SA.

Commenced return to Australia on 11 May 1919 aboard HT Zealandia disembarking on 26 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal