Ernest O'BRIEN

O'BRIEN, Ernest

    Service Number: 505
    Enlisted: 24 July 1915, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 30th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 15 February 1890
    Home Town: Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Miner
    Died: Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 8 May 1943, aged 53 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Kurri Kurri General Cemetery, New South Wales
    Presbyterian Plot, Section 39, Grave 10. Commemorated in the NSW Garden of Remembrance
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    World War 1 Service

    24 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 505, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW
    9 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 505, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
    9 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 505, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
    20 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 505, 30th Infantry Battalion, Shell shock
    23 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 61st Infantry Battalion , From 30th Battalion
    4 Apr 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 62nd Infantry Battalion, From 61st Battalion
    26 Oct 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 30th Infantry Battalion, From 62nd Battalion
    18 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 505, 30th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of John Edward O'Brien and Jane Ann O'Brien of Railway Street, Plattsburg, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia 8 April 1919 aboard HT Trasos-Montes disembarking on 25 May 1919

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

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