William Thomas O'BRIEN

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O'BRIEN, William Thomas

Service Numbers:	14971, 19971, 19971
Enlisted:	24 November 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	Field Company Engineers
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales Australia , 1896
Home Town:	Alexandria, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 22 September 1929, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

24 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 14971, 19971, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
30 Sep 1916:	Involvement Driver, 19971, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1916:	Embarked Driver, 19971, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
13 Aug 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 14971, 19971, Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to Epilepsy

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Service sometimes appears to be 19971 due to the writing but most times it ias 14971

Son of Elijah O'Brien and Annie (Anastasia) O'Brien of Buckland Street, Alexandria, NSW

Later changed to his wife Vera E. O'Brien nee Smith of Glenmore Road, Paddington, NSW. William and Vera married during 1916c in Redfern, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 4 May 1917 aboard HT Medic disembarking on 5 July 1917 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.

Medal: British War Medal

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