Patrick O'BRIEN

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Service Numbers:	1465, 32271
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse Breaker
Died:	Victoria, Australia, 25 July 1952, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic U, Grave 6451. Interred on 28 July 1952
Memorials:

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 1465, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
15 Jun 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 1465, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wound to the buttocks.
7 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 1465, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli, Second occasion. Shrapnel wound to the arm.
24 Aug 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 1465, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit
26 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 32271, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
14 Feb 1917:	Involvement Driver, 32271, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
14 Feb 1917:	Embarked Driver, 32271, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, RMS Osterley, Melbourne
17 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , From 4th Field Artillery Brigade
9 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 32271, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Next of kin given as William O'Brien of Ararat, Victoria later changed to his sister Mary Sullivan of Rose Street, Brunswick West, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia (first time) 17 September 1915 aboard HS Beltana disembarking on 13 October 1915

Commenced return to Australia (second time) on 20 May 1919 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on 2 July 1919

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