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O'BRIEN, Claude Samuel John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 147A |
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| Enlisted: | 20 April 1915, Enlisted at Echuca, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Australian General Hospital |
| Born: | Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Dandenong, Greater Dandenong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Draper |
| Died: | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 14 June 1977, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ferntree Gully Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic, Section D, Row 6, Plot 1. Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance Wall 35, Row J |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 147A, 1st Australian General Hospital, Enlisted at Echuca, Victoria | |
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| 18 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 147A, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 18 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 147A, 1st Australian General Hospital, RMS Mooltan, Melbourne | |
| 7 Apr 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 147A, 1st Australian General Hospital, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to tuberculosis | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, 147A, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| Date unknown: | Embarked Private, 147A, 1st Australian General Hospital |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Robert O'Brien and Hannah O'Brien nee Osboldstone of Club Hotel, Dandenong, Victoria.
Commenced return to Australia from Suez on 5 July 1915 aboard HT Ballarat disembarking on 6 August 1915
Medal: British War Medal