Edward O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	513
Enlisted:	17 February 1916, Enlisted at Bathurst, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1880
Home Town:	Bathurst, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Platelayer
Memorials:

17 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 513, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Bathurst, NSW
6 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 513, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
6 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 513, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 513, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Remained on duty
6 Jun 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 513, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Anna O'Brien of Prospect Street, Moore Park, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 22 September 1919 aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking on 17 November 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal