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O'BRIEN, Frederick Charles (aka HARRIS)
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2221 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 September 1915, Chermside, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Sydney, New South, Wales, 1873 |
| Home Town: | Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes (colitis), Dunwich, Queensland, 15 December 1936 |
| Cemetery: |
Dunwich Cemetery, Nth Stradbroke Island Buried in an unmarked grave. |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2221, Chermside, Queensland | |
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| 11 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2221, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2221, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 23 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2221, 2nd Field Company Engineers |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Winterbotham
Served World War 1; Admitted to Dunwich Benevelent Asylum as an inebriate in 1920 and Died and Buried in the Asylum in December 1936.