John Daniel O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	56585
Enlisted:	15 June 1918, Enlisted at Hobart, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 17 May 1896
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fish Curer
Died:	Prince Henry's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 April 1955, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Roman Catholic, Compartment D, Section 9, Grave 08
Memorials:	Hobart Roll of Honour

15 Jun 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 56585, 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements, Enlisted at Hobart, Tasmania
17 Jul 1918:	Involvement Private, 56585, 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
17 Jul 1918:	Embarked Private, 56585, 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements, HMAT Borda, Sydney
29 Jan 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Infantry Battalion, From Re-inforcements
5 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 56585, 12th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District

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Son of John O'Brien and Annie O'Brien nee Connolly of Argyle Street, Hobart, Tasmania.

Returned to Australia aboard HT Ormonde on 1 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart.

Medal: British War Medal

Husband of Helen (Nellie) O'Brien