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O'BRIEN, Benjamin Arthur
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1155 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 March 1915, Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia, 10 October 1892 |
| Home Town: | Frankford, West Tamar, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Auckland, New Zealand, 19 October 1976, aged 84 years |
| Cemetery: |
Purewa Public Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1155, Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1155, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1155, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane | |
| 28 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1155, 26th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", GSW abdomen | |
| 7 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1155, 26th Infantry Battalion |
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