Harrie Tasman O'BRIEN

O'BRIEN, Harrie Tasman

    Service Number: 4768
    Enlisted: 14 February 1916, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 24th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 1893
    Home Town: Windsor, Stonnington, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Plasterer
    Died: Daylesford, Victoria, Australia, 27 December 1961, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia
    Plot reads:- 44*211*N
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    World War 1 Service

    14 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4768, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria
    4 Apr 1916: Involvement Private, 4768, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    4 Apr 1916: Embarked Private, 4768, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
    4 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4768, 21st Infantry Battalion, Wounds to both legs. Embarked for England on 27 October 1917 aboard HS Brighton
    23 Nov 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion, From 21st Battalion
    1 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4768, 24th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    True name is Harris Tasman O'Brien served as Harrie Tasman O'Brien.

    Son of James Patrick O'Brien and Gertrude Maud O'Brien nee Hedington of Duke Street, Windsor, Victoria

    Having had his two years sentence suspended on 24 April 1919 Arthur commenced return to Australia on 20 May 1919 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on 2 July 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1920c Harrie married Myrtle Veronica White in Victoria 

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