Harold Ormond O'BRIEN

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Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	9 October 1914, Enlisted at S7dney, NSW
Last Rank:	Major
Last Unit:	6th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia, 24 April 1878
Home Town:	Wallendbeen, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Kings College, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Station Manager
Died:	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 10 August 1963, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Wallendbeen War Memorial

9 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at S7dney, NSW
21 Dec 1914:	Involvement 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
21 Dec 1914:	Embarked 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
16 Dec 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Major, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to chronic colitis

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Son of Harold Edward Ormond O'Brien and Elizabeth Valentine Gwynee O'Brien of Burrowa, NSW. Harold was Mayor of Goulburn

Next of kin given as his sister O.A. Meyer of Prince Albert Street, Mosman, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 3 August 1918 aboard HS Karoola disembarking on 6 September 1918

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1931c Harold married Thelma M. Gordon in Goulburn, NSW