George O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	2715
Enlisted:	8 February 1916, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	30th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Blayney, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Parramatta, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	New South Wales, Australia, 3 November 1972, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
Memorials:	Kellyville Public School Roll of Honour, Kellyville WW1 Roll of Honour, Kellyville WW1 Roll of Honour, Norwest Mitchell Remembers Roll of Honour

8 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2715, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
9 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 2715, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
9 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 2715, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney
3 Jul 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2715, 30th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to amputation below the right as a result of frost bite

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Son of George William O'Brien and Helen O'Brien of Kellyville, Parramatta, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 1 November 1917 aboard HT Anchises disembarking on 3 January 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel overland to Sydney.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal