Ernest O'BRIEN

Ernest O'BRIEN Update Details

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Service Number:	2859
Enlisted:	9 October 1916, Enlisted at Hobart, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Zulian, Strahan, Tasmania, Australia, 30 June 1892
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Seaman
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 28 June 1949, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Hobart Roll of Honour

9 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2859, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Hobart, Tasmania
6 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 2859, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
6 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 2859, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
11 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2859, 40th Infantry Battalion, Gassed. Invalided to England on England on 17 August 1918
5 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2859, 40th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit due to effort syndrome

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Son of Henry John Joseph O'Brien and Elizabeth O'Brien nee Turner of Lochner Street, Hobart, Tasmania formerly of Strahan, Tasmania.

Commenced return to Australia on 9 December 1918 aboard HT Leicestshire disembarking on 22 January 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal