James Patrick O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	5443
Enlisted:	17 January 1916, Enlisted at Charters Towers, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	North Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 28 February 1881
Home Town:	Cloncurry, Cloncurry, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Kangaroo Shooter
Died:	Camooweal Hospital, Queensland, Australia, 27 August 1920, aged 39 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Camooweal Cemetery, Camooweal, Queensland, Australia Grave 57. Headstone reads: Result of wounds received in France
Memorials:

17 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5443, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Charters Towers, QLD
20 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5443, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
20 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5443, 12th Infantry Battalion, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney
5 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5443, 12th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the back and thighs. Embarked for England from Boulonge on 14 May 1917 aboard HS St. Andrew
9 Feb 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5443, 12th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to tachycardia

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Son of Daniel O'Brien and Mary O'Brien nee Tucker of Rockhampton, QLD.

Next of kin given as his sister Ellen O'Brien of 'Red Hill', Mount Morgan, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 1 November 1917 aboard HT Anchises disembarking on 3 Janauray 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal