Michael O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	7302
Enlisted:	7 December 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Limerick, Ireland, 1879
Home Town:	Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bag Merchant
Memorials:

7 Dec 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7302, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
19 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 7302, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 7302, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne
26 Oct 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7302, 5th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District due to overage and senility

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Husband of Johanna O'Brien of Fraser Street, Richmond, Victoria.

Previously served in South Africa with the Munster Fusiliers, discharging in 1901 in Ireland as time served

Commenced return to Australia on 27 July 1917 aboard HT Demosthenes disembarking on 24 September 1917

Medal: British War Medal