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O'BRYEN, Richard De Burgh Falkiner
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 1 April 1916, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, 29 June 1894 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Bentleigh, Victoria, Australia, November 1961, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 21 November 1961 with the remains being scattered at the cemetery |
| Memorials: | Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 1 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD | |
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| 5 Jun 1916: | Involvement 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 22 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 41st Infantry Battalion, From 42nd Battalion | |
| 7 Feb 1919: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, London Gazette on 11 July 1919, page 8832, position 20 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 October 1919, page 1655, position 108 | |
| 26 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 41st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Richard J.F. O'Bryen and Amy Louise O'Bryen nee Crackinthorpe of 'Evona', James Street, QLD formerly of Liverpool, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia on 12 June 1919 aboard HT Themistocles
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal, Mentioned in Despatches
During 1926c Richard married Stella A. Delamothe in Ashfield, NSW
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