Alfred O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	6072
Enlisted:	28 August 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia, November 1894
Home Town:	Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Hit by shell early in attack, Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium, 4 October 1917
Cemetery:	Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

28 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6072, 21st Infantry Battalion
3 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6072, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
3 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6072, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 6072, 21st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6072 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-04

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