Eugene O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	87
Enlisted:	21 March 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Bathurst, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Greengrocer
Memorials:

21 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 87, 9th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
1 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 87, 9th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
1 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 87, 9th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Benalla, Sydney
10 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, From 9th Machine Gun Company
25 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 87, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Eugene O'Brien and Mary Ann O'Brien of Keppel Street, Bathurst, NSW.

On 5 June 1919 Eugene married Lily Mildred Mills in the Parish Church, St. Bride, Liverpool, England. Vicar H.W. Campbell of Baugh, England

Commenced return to Australia on 9 August 1919 aboard HT Ceramic disembarking on 3 October 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal