Laurence O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	53309
Enlisted:	6 March 1918, Enlisted at Maryborough, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dunstall, Staffordshire, England, 9 January 1894
Home Town:	Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Police Constable
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 14 May 1941, aged 47 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Ipswich General Cemetery, Qld Roman Catholic 2A, Row 7, Grave 51
Memorials:	Toowoomba Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour

6 Mar 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 53309, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, Enlisted at Maryborough, QLD
8 May 1918:	Involvement Private, 53309, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
8 May 1918:	Embarked Private, 53309, 1st to 8th (QLD) Reinforcements, RMS Osterley, Sydney
29 Jul 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Infantry Battalion, From re-inforcements
5 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 53309, 9th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of David O'Brien and Julia O'Brien nee Hayden of 'Lord John Swamp', Warwick, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 23 July 1919 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 10 September 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medal: British War Medal

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