Kenneth John O'BRIEN OAM

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Service Numbers:	T15009, TX11537
Enlisted:	12 February 1942, CMF-HQ 12 Australian Infantry Brigade
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Z Special Unit
Born:	Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia, 29 July 1923
Home Town:	New Norfolk, Derwent Valley, Tasmania
Schooling:	New Norfolk Primary then a scholarship to Hobart High School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Store Keeper
Died:	Natural causes , Lindisfarne, Tasmania, Australia , 9 February 2024, aged 100 years
Cemetery:	Privately Cremated Ashes collected by family and spread over his property at Magra, Tasmania
Memorials:

12 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, T15009, CMF-HQ 12 Australian Infantry Brigade
4 Jul 1942:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal
13 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, TX11537, Brighton, TAS, Australia
20 May 1944:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Z Special Unit
14 Dec 1944:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant
6 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, TX11537, Z Special Unit

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