Alison Stewart (Toby) O'BRIEN

O'BRIEN, Alison Stewart

Service Numbers: 323, Officer
Enlisted: 19 August 1914, Broadmeadows, Victoria
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 59th Infantry Battalion
Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 29 May 1894
Home Town: Camberwell, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Kew, Victoria, Australia, 29 March 1968, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Boroondara (Kew) General Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials: Bendigo Marist Brothers College Great War Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Broadmeadows, Victoria
19 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 323, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
19 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 323, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1917: Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Sydney
16 Jul 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 59th Infantry Battalion,

--- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''

21 Jan 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 59th Infantry Battalion
8 Dec 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 59th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Michael George O'Brien and Una Victoria O'Brien nee Gibbs of Burke Road, Camberwell, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 1 August 1918 aboard HT Karoola disembarking on 4 September 1918

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

During 1919c Allison married Phyllis Patrica McClonnan in Victoria