Lawrence O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	14660
Enlisted:	10 January 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Field Ambulance
Born:	Dunedin, New Zealand, 1893
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Driver
Died:	Dunedin, New Zeaand, 28 April 1962, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Andersons Bay Cemetery (NZ) Block 218, Grave 57. Interred on 30 April 1962
Memorials:

10 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Pay Sergeant, 14660, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA.
18 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 14660, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
18 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 14660, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Seang Bee, Fremantle
22 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Dermatological Hospital, From Australian Medical Corps
9 Dec 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Field Ambulance
6 Mar 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 14660, 4th Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit

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At the time of enlistment Lawrence was residing in Kalgoorlie, WA

Son of Annie O'Brien of Dunedin, NZ.

Commenced return to Australia aboard HS Lucie Woermann on 5 December 1919 as nursing staff disembarking on 13 January 1920

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

In 1959 Lawrence was residing in Andersons Bay Road, Dunedin, NZ.