Thomas O'BRIEN

O'BRIEN, Thomas

    Service Number: 3891
    Enlisted: 22 October 1915, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 19th Infantry Battalion
    Born: 1874, place not yet discovered
    Home Town: North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Driver
    Died: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 12 June 1929, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Ryde, New South Wales
    Catholic Monumental, Row D6, Grave 0049
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    World War 1 Service

    22 Oct 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3891, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
    20 Jan 1916: Involvement Private, 3891, 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, 3891, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney
    14 Nov 1916: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3891, 19th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3nd Military District as medically unfit due to tuberculosis

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Husband of Lucy Elizabeth O'Brien nee Senior of Palmer Street, North Sydney, NSW. Thomas and Lucy married during 1898c In St. Leonards, NSW. Adopted father of Harold Charles Mayberry ( aka O'Brien).

    Previously served with St. Georges Rifles, Sydney, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia on 24 June 1916 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 8 August 1916 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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