James Matthew O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	1661
Enlisted:	30 December 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 1870
Home Town:	Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cook
Memorials:	Maryborough St Mary's College War Memorial

30 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1661, 47th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
20 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1661, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
20 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1661, 47th Infantry Battalion, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney
22 Nov 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1661, 47th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to senility

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Son of Andrew O'Brien and Catherine O'Brien nee Gallagher of Ipswich, QLD

Next of kin given as his nephew James O'Brien of Granville, Maryborough, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 27 August 1917 aboard HT Pakeha disembarking on 24 October 1917 at Sydney for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal