Thomas O'Brien
- Service number
- WWI 3547 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
Images
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About birth
- Birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Pre 31 Jan 1917 AWMM PO, Perth, Western Australia AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Susan O'Brien, Empire Hotel, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
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Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 3547 AWMM
- Military service
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Military decorations
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Training and Enlistment
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 31 Jan 1917 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
Age 32 AWMM
Jockey/Civilian Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra - Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 09 Nov 1917 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
HMAT A73 - 09-Nov-1917 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Vessel was Commonwealth AWMM AIF, 10th Light Horse Regiment, 31st Reinforcement Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Australian Imperial Force (AIF) AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Height, WWI AWMM
5' 2.5" AWMM - Weight, WWI AWMM
112 lb AWMM
- Height, WWI AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 10 Jul 1919 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
Returned to Australia AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- NOTE: according to the Attestation Form, O'Brien embarked with the 10th Light Horse Regiment, 31st Reinforcements, on board HMAT A73 'Commonwealth'. However, on p. 22 of his service file (Form B103), it states he embarked from Fremantle on board HMAT 'Canberra', 24 November 1917.
Marched in to Reinforcements Camp, Moascar, 21 December 1917.
Marched out to Australian Provost Corps, 15 April 1918.
Admitted to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, 24 July 1918 (malaria); diagnosis changed to bronchitis, 28 July 1918; discharged to Desert Mounted Corps Rest Camp, Port Said, 9 August 1918.
Marched in to 3rd Light Horse Training Regiment, Moascar, from Rest Camp, 21 August 1918.
Transferred to 10th Light Horse Regiment, 29 August 1918.
On leave, Egypt, 5 Febriary 1919; reported absent, 15 February 1919.
Found guilty, 26 February 1919, of when on Active Service being absent from 0800, 15 February, until apprehended by the Military Police at 0800, 25 February 1919: awarded 14 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited a total of 24 days' pay.
Admitted to Field Punishment Compound, Abbassia, 27 February 1919; discharged (conduct good), 11 March 1919.
Rejoined 10th Light Horse Regiment, 12 March 1919.
Wounded and remained at duty, Zagazig, 19 March 1919.
Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Oxfordshire', 10 July 1919; disembarked Fremantle, 4 August 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Perth, 27 August 1919. AWMM
About death
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Memorial
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Sources
- External links
- NAA B2455 file 7991534
http://www.aa.gov.au/cgi-bin/Search?O=I&Number=7991534
Further Reference - References
- AIF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- Harper, G., Clements, C., & Johns., R. (2019). For King and Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought in Other Services in the First World War. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press.
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