Richard O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	5490
Enlisted:	30 November 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dublin, Ireland, 1871
Home Town:	West End, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Lineman
Memorials:

30 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5490, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
20 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5490, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
20 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5490, 15th Infantry Battalion, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney
22 May 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5490, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due over age

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Marital status given on enlistment was given as widower, his wife Rose having died.

Next of kin given as his daughter Phoebe Blanche O'Brien C/- Markwell Public School, Bulladelah Myall River, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 13 February 1917 aboard HT Ulysses disembarking on 12 April 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal