William O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	3659
Enlisted:	8 March 1916, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cook
Memorials:

8 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 3659, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW
22 May 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 3659, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
22 May 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 3659, No 4th Tunnelling Company - Headquarters No 1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
22 May 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 3659, No 4th Tunnelling Company - Headquarters No 1, HMAT Warilda, Sydney
22 May 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 3659, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Sydney
22 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 3659, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Thomas James of Eyre Street, Ballarat, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 23 March 1919 aboard Czar then transhipped to HT Dongala on 10 April 1919 disembarking on 16 May 1919 at Melbourne

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

IN September 1949 William was residing in Sandgate, QLD