Joseph Nathaniel O'BRIEN

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O'BRIEN, Joseph Nathaniel

Service Numbers:	376, 1898, 376, 1898
Enlisted:	22 August 1914, Enlisted at Wangaratta, Victoria. Service number changed to 1898 prior to embarking
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian Employment Company
Born:	Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Wangaratta, Wangaratta, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1947, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

22 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 376, 1898, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Wangaratta, Victoria. Service number changed to 1898 prior to embarking
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 376, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 376, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1898, 7th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right thigh. Embarked HS Gascon on 25 April 1915
6 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion, At Tel-el-Kebir
11 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Employment Company
18 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1898, Australian Employment Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Joseph O'Brien and Isabella O'Brien nee Banks of Rowan Street, Wangaratta, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia, first time, on 2 June 1915 aboard SS Hororata for change due to wounding returning to duty on 1 November 1915. He later embarked for overseas with the 31st Battalion disembarking at Suez.

Commenced return to Australia, second time, on 2 June 1919 aboard HT Beltana disembarking on 19 July 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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