Charles James O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	2372
Enlisted:	8 March 1916, Enlisted at Narrabri, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lochinvar, New South Wales, Australia, 1873
Home Town:	Narrabri West, Narrabri, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Wheelwright
Died:	Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia, 1940, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	West Narrabri Public School Roll of Honour

8 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2372, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Narrabri, NSW
17 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2372, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
17 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2372, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney
8 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2372, 33rd Infantry Battalion
29 Oct 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2372, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District due to overage

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Son of Edward O'Brien and Fanny O'Brien of Narrabri, NSW

Next of kin given as his brother Thomas Edward O'Brien of Narrabri West, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 27 July 1917 aboard HT Demosthenes disembarking on 24 September 1917 at Melburne for onward travel to Sydney

MedalsL British War Medal, Victory Medal