O'BRIEN, Joseph
| Service Number: | 927 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 March 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Branxholme, Victoria, Australia, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Merino, Glenelg, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dairyman |
| Died: | Hamilton, Victoria, Australia, 1938, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Merino War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 927, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 927, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 927, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 6 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 927, 24th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the right leg. Invalided to England on 9 August 1916 aboard HS Maheno | |
| 7 Dec 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 927, 24th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to chronic bronchitis and overage |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Joseph O'Brien and Christina O'Brien nee McPherson of Branxholme, Victoria.
Husband of Bella O'Brien nee Hart of Merino, Victoria. Joseph and Bella married during 1892c in Victoria. Father of Maggie O'Brien, Rellan Charles O'Brien, Murray Joseph O'Brien and Lindsay O'Brien.
Commemnced return to Australia on 25 August 1917 aboard HT Benalla disembarking in September 1917
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Joseph O'Brien and Christina O'Brien nee McPherson of Branxholme, Victoria.
Husband of Bella O'Brien nee Hart of Merino, Victoria. Joseph and Bella married during 1892c in Victoria. Father of Maggie O'Brien, Rellan Charles O'Brien, Murray Joseph O'Brien and Lindsay O'Brien.
Commemnced return to Australia on 25 August 1917 aboard HT Benalla disembarking in September 1917
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal