O'BREE, Victor Charles
| Service Number: | 1952 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 June 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Natimuk, Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Preston, Darebin, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bootmaker |
| Died: | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 7 November 1978, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated on 10 November 1978 with his remains being scattered at the cemetery. Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1952, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 26 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 1952, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 1952, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne | |
| 17 Feb 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1952, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the left leg and right foot. Embarked for England on 1 March 1917 aboard HS St. David | |
| 8 Feb 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1952, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Frederick George O'Bree and Mary Ann O'Bree nee Freeland of William Street, Preston, Victoria.
Apprenticed to J. Davies of Collingwood, Victoria for four years
Brother of Frederick Freeland O'Bree who was killed in action on 8 November 1916 while serving with the 23rd Battalion and is buried in the Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt. Plot 11, Row E, Grave 54; Stanley Pierpoint O'Bree who was killed in action on 4 July 1918 while serving with the 60th Battalion and is buried in the Mericourt-L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Plot 111, Row F, Grave 8;
Commenced return to Australia on 1 November 1917 aboard HT Anchises disembarking on 1 January 1918
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1918c Victor married Olive Gray in Victoria