Patrick O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	6787A
Enlisted:	5 May 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1879
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Memorials:

5 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6787A, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
27 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6787A, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6787A, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane
31 Oct 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6787A, 9th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit

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Next of kin given as his uncle Michael O'Brien of County, Ireland.

Returned to Australia date unknown aboard HT Demosthenes.

Medal: British War Medal