Frank Tasman O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	3453
Enlisted:	4 January 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	55th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 27 July 1892
Home Town:	Harris Park, City of Parramatta, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Boot Clicker
Died:	Penrith, New South Wales, Australia, 22 February 1922, aged 29 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	St Patrick's Cemetery, Parramatta, New South Wales
Memorials:

4 Jan 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3453, 55th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
24 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 3453, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
24 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 3453, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney
26 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3453, 55th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left thigh. Embarked for England on 14 October 1917 aboard HS Grantully Castle
4 Jul 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3453, 55th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Daniel O'Brien and Louisa O'Brien of Sydney, NSW.

Apprenticed to A. Housman of Redfern, NSW for nearly three years

Next of kin given as his sister Lena Gray of Ethel Street, Harris Park, Parramatta, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 4 April 1918 aboard HS Borda disembarking on 1 June 1918

Medal: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During in 1920c Frank married Theresa G. Stapleton in Parramatta, NSW