O'BRIEN, Ernest Walter
| Service Numbers: | 3870, Q89412 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 September 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 1 |
| Last Unit: | HQ Northern Command |
| Born: | Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 29 December 1896 |
| Home Town: | Innisfail, Cassowary Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer/Coachbuilder |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 25 January 1969, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 12, Section 21 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3870, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 30 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3870, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3870, 9th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. | |
| 13 May 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, For conspicuous bravery in the field and great assistance to Company Commander as messenger. Also devotion to duty in assisting wounded Commonwealth Gazette 189, on 8 November 1917 | |
| 2 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3870, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Dec 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3870, 9th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District |
World War 2 Service
| 24 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 1, Q89412 | |
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| 31 Mar 1947: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 1, Q89412, HQ Northern Command |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John O'Brien and Eliza Devereux O'Brien nee Powell of Charters Towers, QLD
Next of kin given as his sister Molly O'Brien of Draper Street, Cairns, QLD
Commenced return to Australia on 27 September 1917 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 18 November 1917 at Melbourne then overland to Brisbane. Reason for early return was family reasons as his step father had failing eyesight and his mother was crippled
Medals WW1: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 17 July 1919 Ernest married Daisy Galwey in QLD. At the time of enlistment in WW2 Ernest was residing in Doomben, QLD
Medals WW2: War Medal, Australian Service Medal