George Edward O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	5814
Enlisted:	8 October 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 1898
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 9 September 1971, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 12, Section 23
Memorials:

8 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5814, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
4 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 5814, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 5814, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane
29 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 41st Infantry Battalion, From 15th Battalion
12 Jan 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5814, 41st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to bronchitis

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Son of Ellen Mary Rogush formerly O'Brien of Orton Street, Laidley, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 26 September 1917 aboard HT Borda disembarking on 11 November 1917 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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