William O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	580
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 1878
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Memorials:	Menzies Roll of Honor, Menzies War Memorial

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 580, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
2 Nov 1914:	Involvement Private, 580, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1914:	Embarked Private, 580, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
11 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 11th Battalion
3 Sep 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 580, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Serious shell wound to the knee. Embarked for England on 14 September 1916 aboard HS St. David
18 Jun 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 580, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Shamrock Hotel, Kalgoorlie, WA.

Next of kin given as his sister B. Hunt of Menzies, WA.

Commenced return to Australia on 14 January 1917 aboard HS Kanowna disembarking on 8 March 1917

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