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O'BRIEN, Alfred Moore
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 165 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 September 1914, Enlisted at Roseerry Park, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Second Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Sofala, New South Wales, Australia, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Wellington, Wellington, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bridge Carpenter |
| Died: | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, August 1951, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sofala General Cemetery Catholic portion. Interred on 16 August 1951 |
| Memorials: | Wellington Hall of Memory Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 165, 1st Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Roseerry Park, NSW | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Sapper, 165, 1st Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Sapper, 165, 1st Field Company Engineers, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 165, 1st Field Company Engineers, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wound to the left thigh | |
| 9 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 165, 1st Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to nervous debility and old wounds |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James O'Briend and Mary J. O'Brien of Wellington, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 19 December 1918 aboard HT Leicestershire disenbarking on 23 January 1919 at Colombo and did not re-embark, declared to be AWOL, then transhipped to HT Argyllshire disembarking on 1 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal