Arthur Ernest O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	3886
Enlisted:	19 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Lake Hindermarsh, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Portland, Glenelg, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 25 February 1955, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, Victoria Roman Catholic-Compartment A1, Row 1-Grave 11. Interred with his wife Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

19 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3886, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
23 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3886, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3886, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
12 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Pioneer Battalion
9 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , From1at Pioneer Battalion
31 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3886, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of James Frederick O'Brien and Alicia Ruth O'Brien nee Green of Lake Hindermarsh, Victoria.

During 1915c Arthur married Edith Salone Pritchard in Victoria

Commenced return to Australia 20 April 1919 aboard HT Boonah disembarking 8 June 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal