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O'BRIEN, John
Personal Details
Service Number: | 66769 |
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Enlisted: | 15 May 1918, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW) |
Born: | Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 22 October 1899 |
Home Town: | Tamworth, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 31 December 1935, aged 36 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Tamworth General Cemetery, New South Wales Roman Catholic Section |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
15 May 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 66769, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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14 Oct 1918: | Involvement Private, 66769, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Wyreema embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
14 Oct 1918: | Embarked Private, 66769, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), SS Wyreema, Sydney | |
5 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 66769, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James J. O'Brien and Emily A of Armidale Road, Tamworth, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia on about 27 December 1918 the troopship HT Wyreema having been recalled
Medal: British War Medal