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Laurence Joseph O'BRIEN

Regimental number51158
Place of birthAttunga, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressTamworth, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, P O'Brien, Tamworth, New South Wales
Enlistment date31 January 1918
Place of enlistmentTamworth, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/111/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Feldmarschall on 19 June 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 29 November 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Andrew Richardson
Discharge date24 January 1919
Other details

War service: England.

Discharged (medically unfit: deformity, right hand), 24 January 1919.

Medal: British War Medal
Date of death16 June 1955
Age at death59
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, O'BRIEN Laurence Joseph

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