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O'BRIEN, Patrick Vincent
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1799 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 October 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Walcha, New South Wales, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Walcha, Walcha, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Walcha, New South Wales, Australia, 1951, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1799, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 2 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 1799, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 1799, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 7 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery | |
| 18 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1799, 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Gassed. | |
| 13 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1799, 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Second occasion. | |
| 21 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1799, 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Patrick Joseph O'Brien and Mary O'Brien of Apsley Street, Walcha, NSW,
Commenced return to Australia on 22 August 1919 aboard HT Anchises disembarked on 13 October 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal