Edward James O'BRIEN

O'BRIEN, Edward James

    Service Number: 765
    Enlisted: 19 August 1914, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 3rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Chiltern, Victoria, Australia, 1894
    Home Town: Chiltern, Indigo, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Butcher
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    World War 1 Service

    19 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 765, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
    20 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 765, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    20 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 765, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    28 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 765, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wound to the left eye
    21 Feb 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 765, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Shell wound to the left thigh
    11 Aug 1916: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 765, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of James O'Brien of Chiltern, Victoria. 

    Butcher apprrenticeship of four years served with John Gallagher of Chiltern, Victoria

    Commenced return to Australia on 19 March 1916 aboard HT Demosthenes on escort duty disembarking on 19 April 1916 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

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

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