John Daniel O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	4898
Enlisted:	16 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	65th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia, 1898
Home Town:	Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Riveter
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 30 May 1966, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Footscray Cemetery, Victoria Lawn A, Grave 130. Interred on 2 June 1966
Memorials:

16 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4898, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
7 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4898, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4898, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
20 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, From 5th Battalion
23 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 65th Infantry Battalion, From 58th Battalion
23 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4898, 65th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right hand
28 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4898, 65th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of John Bede O'Brien and Lillian Margaret O'Brien nee Hegarty of Irvine Street, Footscray, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 24 December 1918 aboard HT Takada disembarking on 11 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1924c John married Margaret Rose Carden in Victoria