George O'BRIEN

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Service Numbers:	4173, R4173
Enlisted:	14 December 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Queenstown, West Coast, Tasmania
Schooling:	Daylesford State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 14 March 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Brunswick Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Wangaratta South War Memorial

14 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4173, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
28 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, R4173, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, R4173, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
14 Mar 1917:	Involvement Private, 4173, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4173 awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-03-14

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Son of John Andrew O'Brien and Helen O'Brien nee Thurgood of Driffield Street, Queenstown, Tasmania formerly of Daylesford, Victoria.

Prior to enlisted George had been apprenticed to a baker, Andrew Lawson of Queenstown, Tasmania for three years.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal