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O'BRIEN, William Patrick
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 978 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Liverpool, Fairfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plumber |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 1957, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 978, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 978, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 978, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5th Machine Gun Company, From 18th Battalion | |
| 5 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 978, 5th Machine Gun Company, Multiple wounds to the face and arm | |
| 5 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 978, 5th Machine Gun Company, Second occasion. Multiple wounds to the abdomen and face. Transferred to England on 29 January 1918 aboard HS St. Denis | |
| 7 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, From 5th Machine Gun Company | |
| 15 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 978, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at 2nd Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Patrick O'Brien and Teresa O'Brien of Eastbourne Street, Hastings, NZ formerly of Bunderberg, QLD.
Apprenticed to Thomas Richie of Hastings, NZ for five years.
Next of kin given as his sister Miss O'Brien, Eastbourne Street, Hastings, NZ.
Commenced return to Australia on 4 December 1918 aboard HT Somerset disembarking on 15 January 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal