William Charles Joseph O'BRIEN

O'BRIEN, William Charles Joseph

    Service Numbers: 5012, 16248, 5012, 16248
    Enlisted: 21 October 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW. Originally issued with number 5012 but later changed to 16248
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 13th Field Company Engineers
    Born: Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 9 April 1892
    Home Town: Unanderra, Wollongong, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Electrician
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    World War 1 Service

    21 Oct 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5012, 16248, 1st Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW. Originally issued with number 5012 but later changed to 16248
    17 Dec 1915: Involvement Sapper, 5012, 1st Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
    17 Dec 1915: Embarked Sapper, 5012, 1st Field Company Engineers, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
    27 Apr 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 13th Field Company Engineers, In England
    14 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 16248, 13th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of William Janes O'Brien and Johanna O'Brien of Canterbury Road, Unanderra, NSW

    Prior to elisting William had been employed with Port Kembla Electricity Company

    Commenced return to Australia on 14 August 1919 aboard  HT Port Napier disembarking on 4 July 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1922c William married Mildred Harris in Sydney, NSW

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