William O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	22130
Enlisted:	1 November 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	13th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia, 10 August 1896
Home Town:	Woollahra, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Dairyman
Died:	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 25 January 1969, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, New South Wales
Memorials:

1 Nov 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 22130, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
21 Mar 1918:	Involvement Sapper, 22130, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
21 Mar 1918:	Embarked Sapper, 22130, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Persic, Sydney
4 Feb 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 13th Field Company Engineers
13 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 22130, 13th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Timothy O'Brien and Bridget O'Brien of Lower Fort Street, Woolahra, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 1 July 1919 aboard HT Frankfurt disembarking on 20 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medal: British War Medal