Augustus O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	3235
Enlisted:	13 March 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	6th Field Ambulance
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 1880
Home Town:	Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Hospital, Victoria, Australia , 12 May 1935, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Kangaroo Flat Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:

13 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3235, 6th Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
4 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 3235, 6th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: ''
4 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 3235, 6th Field Ambulance, HMAT Ajana, Melbourne
31 Dec 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 3235, 6th Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Next of kin given as his sister Catharine O'Connor of Tanner Street, Richmond, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 27 September 1917 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 18 November 1917

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1918c Augustus married Ada Louisa Ball