
O'BRIEN, Henry Joseph
Service Numbers: | 85, 85A |
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Enlisted: | 21 March 1916, Place of enlistment - Sydney, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Blayney, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
Home Town: | Wellington, Wellington, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Glencardie Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 29 September 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery Plot II, Row C, Grave 22, |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wellington Cenotaph, Wellington Hall of Memory Honour Roll |
Biography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of William James and Ellen O'BRIEN. Born at Wellington, New South Wales.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Marie Victorine
TEMPLEUX-LE-GUÉRARD BRITISH CEMETERY
Sergeant Henry Joseph O'Brien
3rd Bn. Australian Machine Gun Corps - 29th September 1918, aged 23.
Plot II. C. 22.
Son of William James and Ellen O'Brien. Born at Wellington, New South Wales.
Sgt O'Brien embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Benalla on 1 May 1916. He died of wounds on 29 September 1918 at Hargicourt, France. His cousin, 240 Private Leslie Glenmore O'Brien MM, also served with the AIF, as a member of the 4th Machine Gun Battalion. He died of wounds on 2 September 1918, aged 23 years and is buried at Daours Communal Cemetery Extension in France.