John O'BRIEN

O'BRIEN, John

    Service Number: 23084
    Enlisted: 13 January 1916, Enlisted at Longreach, QLD
    Last Rank: Driver
    Last Unit: 6th Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: Dublin, Ireland, 1889
    Home Town: Longreach, Longreach, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Gardener
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    World War 1 Service

    13 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 23084, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Longreach, QLD
    11 May 1916: Embarked Gunner, 23084, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
    11 May 1916: Involvement Gunner, 23084, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
    23 Aug 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 23084, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , Wound to the right shoulder. Embarked for England on 29 August 1917 aboard HS St. Andrews
    22 Feb 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 23084, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged in London, unit demobilised
    Date unknown: Embarked Gunner, 23084, 9th Field Artillery Brigade
    Date unknown: Involvement Gunner, 23084, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Address at the time of enlistment was given as Eagle Street, Longreach, QLD.

    Son of Michael O'Brien and Kate O'Brien of Killiney Hill Cottages, Killiney, Dublin, Ireland.

    For six years he was apprenticed to Gardening at Illerton, Killiney, Dublin

    Husband of Lily O'Brien nee O'Dowd of Howard Street, Poplar, London, England. John and Lily married on 12 December 1917 in St. Mary's & St. Joseph Church, Poplar, London, England

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Member of the Longreach RSL until at least 1923. May have returned to England

     

     

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