John O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	4385
Enlisted:	23 October 1915, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	Australian Corps Headquarters Signal Company
Born:	Pentland, Queensland, Australia, 13 March 1892
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Telegraphist
Memorials:

23 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4385, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 4385, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 4385, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
16 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion, From 1st Battalion
2 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Australian Corps Headquarters Signal Company
21 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 4385, Australian Corps Headquarters Signal Company, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of John O'Brien and Ellen O'Brien nee Barry of Mars Street, Wilston, Brisbane, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia 11 May 1919 aboard HT Borda disembarking on 27 June 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal, Croix de Guerre.

The Croix de Guerre medal was awarded for work at Bellicourt on 29 September 1918.

London Gazette on5 April 1919, page 4527, position 32

Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 July 1919, page 1169, position 81

Post war John suffered badly from his war time experince dying prior to 1922 but exact date or place of his death is not known.