Cedric Victor O'BRIEN

Cedric Victor O'BRIEN Update Details

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Service Number:	57701
Enlisted:	20 March 1918, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian War Graves Detachment
Born:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 1 October 1899
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Signwriter
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 14 September 1985, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1

20 Mar 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 57701, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
5 Jun 1918:	Involvement Private, 57701, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
5 Jun 1918:	Embarked Private, 57701, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, RMS Orontes, Sydney
3 Feb 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Infantry Battalion
23 Mar 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian War Graves Detachment , From 9th Battalion
4 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 57701, Australian War Graves Detachment , Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to epistaxis

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Son of Charles Edwin O'Brien and Annie O'Brien nee Houston of Ipswich, QLD

Husband of Florence Ivy O'Brien nee Newnham C/- Mrs Mugford, Gowrie Road, Toowoomba, QLD. Cedric and Florence married on 27 April 1918 in QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 8 September 1919 aboard HT Raranga disembarking on 29 October 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

Medal: British War Medal