Richard O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	2247
Enlisted:	24 March 1915, Enlisted at Ravensthorpe, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mansfield, Victoria, Australia, 1877
Home Town:	Mansfield, Mansfield, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Boulder, Western Australia, June 1953, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Boulder Cemetery, Western Australia Roman Catholic, Grave 87, Section N. Interred on 22 June 1953
Memorials:

24 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2247, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Ravensthorpe, WA
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 2247, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Wandilla, Fremantle
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 2247, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
14 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2247, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Wound to the wrist
29 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 2247, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
29 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 2247, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Runic, Fremantle
18 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, From 16th Battalion
7 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2247, 48th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Multiple wounds. Transferred to England on 19 August 1916 aboard HS St. Dieppe
9 Nov 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2247, 48th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to trench feet

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Lowered his aged when enlisting

Son of Timothy O'Brien and Julia O'Brien nee Fitzpatrick C/- Kate O'Brien, The Parade, Mansfield, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 27 July 1917 aboard HT Demosthenes disembarking on 18 September 1917

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