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John Gerald O'BRIEN

Regimental number2497
Place of birthWestbury Tasmania
ReligionBaptist
OccupationGrocers assistant
AddressHildaville, O'Connell Street, Parramatta, NW
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs E J Smith, Collins Vale, Tasmania
Enlistment date25 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name20th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/37/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A75 Ballarat on 6 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 31 March 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Hobart Garden of Remembrance
Date of death1 September 1961

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