Patrick John O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	1967
Enlisted:	7 April 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	2nd Field Company Engineers
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 5 May 1889
Home Town:	Pomona, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Cordalba, Queensland, Australia, 17 September 1973, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cordalba Cemetery, Bundaberg Region, Quensland , Australia PBR4, Row 4, Grave 58
Memorials:

7 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1967, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
19 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 1967, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
19 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 1967, 11th Light Horse Regiment, RMS Mooltan, Sydney
19 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 1st Field Squadron Engineers AIF, At Moascar
17 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 1967, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of Patrick O'Brien and Susan Tierney of Shyring Creek, Pomona, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 26 July 1919 aboard HT Burma disembarking on 1 September 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane.

Medal: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 10 October 1919 Patrick married Emily Edith Street in QLD