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O'BRIEN, John James

Personal Details

Service Numbers:	671, 4558
Enlisted:	13 January 1902, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Glenalbyn, Victoria, Australia, 1882
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Contractor
Died:	Killed in Action, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 27 September 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 29), Belgium, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo East Bendigo School, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Inglewood War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

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Service History

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, SN 671, 2nd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
13 Jan 1902:	Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces (Boer War / Boxer Rebellion), Private, SN 671, Australian Commonwealth Horse, Melbourne, Vic.

World War 1 Service

20 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 4558, 7th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
28 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, SN 4558, 7th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres
28 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, SN 4558, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
1 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
8 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 4558, 57th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)
27 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 4558, 57th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood
27 Sep 1917:	Involvement Private, SN 4558, 57th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Brother: 4557 Pte Edward Charles O'BRIEN, 57th Bn, returned to Australia, 16 March 1919.

Brother: 4557 Pte Edward Charles O'BRIEN, 57th Bn, returned to Australia, 16 March 1919.

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• John James’ Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
• NAA service record (AIF)
• NAA service record (Boer War)
• Nominal Roll (AWM) - Boer War
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