John O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	2433
Enlisted:	5 February 1916, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Queenstown, Ireland, 1873
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

5 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 2433, Mining Corps, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
31 Mar 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 2433, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
31 Mar 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 2433, Mining Corps, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney
31 Mar 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 2433, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
31 Mar 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 2433, Mining Corps, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney
25 Jun 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), From Mining Corps
2 Feb 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 2433, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to nephritis

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Son of Patrick O'Brien and E. O'Brien of River Street, Queenstown, Ireland later of Zamia Street, Redfern, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 31 October 1917 aboard HT Berrima disembarking on 30 December 1917 at Melbourne then overland to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal