Cecil Ernest O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	2943
Enlisted:	22 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 15 September 1893
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 3 September 1916, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

22 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2943, 12th Infantry Battalion
27 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2943, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
27 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2943, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
3 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2943, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2943 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-03

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Cecil was the son of Thomas and Lochlena O’Brien and was born and raised in Hobart, Tasmania. His father died when he was only three years of age.

His older brother, 901 Pte. Harry O'Brien 40th Battalion AIF was killed in action near Houplines on 10 April 1917.