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O'BRIEN, William Arthur
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1876 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Balaklava, South Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Dernancourt, Picardie, France, 5 April 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bruce WW1 & WW2 Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1876, 9th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 5 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1876, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1876, 48th Infantry Battalion, Dernancourt/Ancre, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1876 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-05 |
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