Vernon Nicholas O'BRIEN

O'BRIEN, Vernon Nicholas

Service Number: Q193585
Enlisted: 23 May 1940
Last Rank: Staff Sergeant
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 10 November 1911
Home Town: Wooloowin, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: University of Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Qualified Pharmacist
Died: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 27 March 1977, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Nudgee Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane
Plot: LA-1809
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World War 2 Service

23 May 1940: Involvement Staff Sergeant , Q193585
23 May 1940: Enlisted
23 May 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, Q193585
20 Oct 1945: Discharged
20 Oct 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, Q193585

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Vernon Nicholas O'Brien was born on 11 Nov 1911 in Brisbane, a son to Nicholas O'Brien and Helena Kate Amelda O'Brien (nee O'Donovan). His father was Major Nicholas O'Brien a veteran of the South African (Boer) War and both World Wars- Corp. S.N. 228, 5th Qld. Imp. Bushmen Boer War; Capt., 3rd Div. Signal Coy. AIF WW1; Major, Aust. Signals Corp. A.H.Q. AIF WW2.

Vernon was a qualified pharmacist when he enlisted for WW2 in 1940 and was classed as Trade Group 2 and assigned to the D. M. & V. Stores in Brisbane before serving in various locations in Qld. 

(source- National Archives Australia- WW2 service records).

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