Thomas O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	6328
Enlisted:	4 March 1916, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 1871
Home Town:	Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 1945, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

4 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6328, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD
7 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 6328, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
7 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 6328, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane
1 Feb 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6328, 15th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left foot and right hand
7 Nov 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6328, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as wounded

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Hillside Walls Street, Townsville, QLD and marital status as widower.

Nexxt of kin given as his daughter Mary Jane O'Brien of Bayview Oxley Street, Townsville, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 27 July 1917 aboard HT Demostheses disembarking on 24 Spetember 1917 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Post war he was a member of the Townsville RSL