Charles Percy O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	3890
Enlisted:	24 October 1915, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	55th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 29 February 1940, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Ryde, New South Wales Catholic Monumental area, Row W7, Grave 0023
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

24 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3890, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
20 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 3890, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
20 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 3890, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney
3 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion, From 19th Battalion
20 Jul 1917:	Imprisoned Captured at Fleurbaix while wounded, shrapnel wound to the head. Interned at Gefangenenlager, Dulmen, Germany.
1 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3890, 55th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of James O'Brien and Mary Ann O'Brien of Sydney, NSW.

Husband of Isabella M. O'Brien of Brook Street, North Sydney, NSW. Charles and Isabella married during 1911c in Sydney, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 18 January 1919 aboard HT Ulysses arriving in Melbourne on 4 March 1919 then onward travel to Sydney by boat

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal