Timothy O'BRIEN

O'BRIEN, Timothy

    Service Numbers: 5013, 5016
    Enlisted: 10 March 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
    Last Rank: Sapper
    Last Unit: 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company)
    Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1893
    Home Town: Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Milkman
    Died: Wentworth General Hospital, Wentworth, New South Wales, Australia, September 1932, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Wentworth Cemetery, New South Wales
    Catholic portion. Funeral was attended by the President & Secretary of the Curlwaa RSL Sub Branch.
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    World War 1 Service

    10 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5013, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
    1 Jun 1916: Involvement Sapper, 5013, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
    1 Jun 1916: Embarked Sapper, 5013, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle
    1 Jun 1916: Involvement Sapper, 5013, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
    1 Jun 1916: Embarked Sapper, 5013, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle
    30 Sep 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), From 6th Tunnelling Company
    16 Feb 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5016, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to defective vision

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of James O'Brien and Rachel O'Brien nee Schuellback of Bendigo, Victoria.

    Husband of Rose Amelia O'Brien nee Tinkler of Wittenoom Street, Boulder, WA. Timothy and Rose were married during 1912c in Boulder, WA. Later divorced.

    Commenced return to Australia on 31 October 1917 aboard HT Berrima disembarking on 28 November 1917

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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