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Michael Joseph O'BRIEN

Regimental number545
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationHotel barman
AddressSouth Terrace, Lower Domain, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation35
Next of kinC O'Brien, Anacarthy, County Tipperary, Ireland
Enlistment date24 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 1, Brigade Ammunition Column
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/29/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A8 Argyllshire on 18 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Field Artillery Brigade
FateReturned to Australia 23 May 1917
Date of death19 November 1917
Age at death from cemetery records38
Place of burialRookwood Cemtery (Roman Catholic Portion), Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
11
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Husband of Ellen Edith O'BRIEN, Annandale, New South Wales. Plaque in Garden of Remembrance, NSW.

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