Nicholas Edward (Eddie) O'BRIEN

O'BRIEN, Nicholas Edward

Service Number: 2420
Enlisted: 10 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 24th Infantry Battalion
Born: Warracknabeal, Victoria, 11 November 1888
Home Town: Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: St Augustine's Orphange, Geelong
Occupation: Wickmaker
Died: Died of wounds, France, 21 April 1917, aged 28 years
Cemetery: Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, France
Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Achiet-le-Grand, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France, Hermies British Cemetery, Hermies, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

10 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2420, 24th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria
29 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2420, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
29 Sep 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2420, 24th Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne
25 Dec 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 24th Infantry Battalion
19 Apr 1917: Wounded Shell wound (legs)
21 Apr 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2420, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2420 awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-21

Youngest Son

In researching my family history, I came across my great grandmothers sister and her family.

Nicholas Edward (Eddie) was the youngest son on John and Margaret O'Brien and the first of his siblings to die.

He had 2 sisters, Mary Ellen McIntyre and Aileen Francis Duncan and 5 brothers, Michael Patrick, John Joseph, Terence Francis, William Alphonsu and Robert James.

His wife name was Hilda Emma and they had 2 children, Edward and Irene.

His father, John O'Brien died tragically in 1892 on Nicholas's 4th birthday.

One day I hope to visit his grave in France to honour him.

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Biography

Until 3 months ago I never heard of Nicholas or his sibling's. It was my family reasearch to find my great grandmother's sister, Margaret O'brien that I discovered the story of my grandfather's first cousins.

Nicholas Edward (Eddie) O'Brien was the youngest son of John and Margaret O'Brien. He had two sisters, Mary Ellen McIntyre and Aileen Francis Duncan, and five brothers, Michael Patrick, John Joseph, Terence Francis, William Alphonsu and Robert James. Eddie married Hilda Emma Carr, and together had two children, Edward William and Irene May.

I am still researching and hope to find out more about his short life. - John Kelly

 

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