George O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	1708
Enlisted:	24 January 1916, Enlisted at Charters Towers, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Clare, South Australia, 1881
Home Town:	Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stockman
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 4 January 1931, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot reads: 10-60-10
Memorials:

24 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1708, 47th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Charters Towers, QLD
20 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1708, 47th Infantry Battalion, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney
20 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1708, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
25 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Division Supply Column
29 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Infantry Battalion
26 Feb 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1708, 12th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left knee. Embarked for England on 12 March 1917 aboard HS St. Andrew
9 Nov 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1708, 12th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of William O'Brien and Mary O'Brien of Clare, SA.

George address at the time of enlisted was Yorkeshire Downs, Neila, QLD. Yorkeshire Downs homestead was built on the banks of Julia Creek, QLD.

Next of kin was given as his sister Bertha Elliott of Gill Street, Charters Towers, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 3 July 1917 aboard HS Karoola disembarking on 29 August 1917 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal