John Henry O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	2069
Enlisted:	16 September 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	12th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1872
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse Breaker
Memorials:

16 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2069, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Brisbane
31 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 2069, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
31 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 2069, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane
29 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 12th Field Artillery Brigade
2 Feb 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2069, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to overage

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Next of kin given as his brother Robert O'Brien of Essex Street, Paddington, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 31 October 1917 aboard HT Berrima

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

In 1937 John was residing in the Imperial Lodging Home, Franklin Street, Melbourne, Victoria

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