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O'BRIEN, Michael Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 545 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Tipperary, Ireland , 1879 |
| Home Town: | Kiama, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Hotel Barman |
| Died: | Hodgkins disease & cardiac arrest, 4th Australian General Hospital, Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 19 November 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Area M2, Section L, Grave 669. Interred on 20 November 1917. Commemorated in the NSW Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 545, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Gunner, 545, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Gunner, 545, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 1 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 12 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 1st Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 19 Nov 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 545, 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Cornelius O'Brien and Sarah O'Brien nee Donegan of Anacarthy, County Tipperary, Ireland.
Husband of Ellen Edith O'Brien of New Crescent, Lambeth, London, England. Last known address was Ferris Street, Annandale, NSW in 1920.
Commenced return to Australia on 23 May 1917 aboard HT Ayrshire disembarking on 20 July 1917
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal