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O'BRIEN, Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1364 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 September 1915, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Remount Unit |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 28 April 1868 |
| Home Town: | Lansdowne, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Hewer |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 21 July 1919, aged 51 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot reads: 7A-7-5. Interred on 22 July 1919 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 1364, 2nd Remount Unit, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW | |
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| 10 Nov 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 1364, 2nd Australian Remount Unit, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Nov 1915: | Embarked Trooper, 1364, 2nd Australian Remount Unit, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 24 Oct 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 1364, 2nd Remount Unit, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to nephritis |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James O'Brien and Sarah Ann O'Brien nee Marsden of Brisbane, QLD.
Addess at the time of enlistment was given as Upper Lansdowne via Taree, NSW. Next of kin given as his brother James Henry O'Brien of the same address.
Commenced return to Australia on 24 June 1916 aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking during July 1916
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Address in 1917 was Fig Tree Pocket, Indooroopilly, Brisbane, QLD