Michael James O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	2443
Enlisted:	2 March 1916, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland, 1892
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter & Joiner
Died:	Meeandah, Queensland, Australia, 23 January 1927, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Portion 26, Section 8, Grave 17. Commemorated in the QLD Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

2 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2443, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD
8 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2443, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
8 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 2443, 4th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane
8 Aug 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2443, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to chronic bronchitis and tuberculosis

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Son of James O'Brien and Diana O'Brien of Boherbee, Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland.

Commenced return to Australia on 9 May 1917 aboard HT Themistocles disembarking on 4 July 1917 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

Medal: British War Medal

During 1918c Michael marreid Ellen 'Nellie' Dempsey in QLD.