Robert John O'BRIEN

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Service Numbers:	4055, 974, 974, 4055
Enlisted:	3 March 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW. Originally issued with number 974 altered to 4055
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	4th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Dubbo, Dubbo Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Picton, New South Wales, Australia, 26 September 1958, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Picton General Cemetery, New South Wales Roman Catholic area, Row M, Grave 29
Memorials:

3 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4055, 974, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW. Originally issued with number 974 altered to 4055
12 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 974, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 974, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
11 Aug 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Field Company Engineers, From 7th Battalion
31 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4055, 4th Field Company Engineers, Wound to the left arm.
28 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 4055, 4th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of John O'Brien and Mary Elizabeth O'Brien of Fitzroy Street, Newtown Dubbo, NSW.

Apprenticed to G.H. Utley as a wheelwright for eighteen months.

Commenced return to Australia on 2 January 1919 aboard HT Karmala disembarking on 18 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

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