Timothy O'BRIEN

O'BRIEN, Timothy

    Service Number: 5165
    Enlisted: 1 February 1916
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 59th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Lissavane, County Kerry, Ireland, 1888
    Home Town: Warburton, Yarra Ranges, Victoria
    Schooling: Faha School, County Kerry, Ireland
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Killed in action, France, 9 April 1918
    Cemetery: Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux
    Plot III, Row O, Grave No. 1.
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Warburton RSL Gallipoli Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    1 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5165, 5th Infantry Battalion
    1 Apr 1916: Involvement Private, 5165, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
    1 Apr 1916: Embarked Private, 5165, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne
    9 Apr 1918: Involvement Private, 5165, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5165 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-09

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    Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

    Timothy O'Brien enlisted with his brother Daniel O'Brien in Melbourne. Both had been born in Ireland, the sons of Michael and Annie O'Brien, of Lissavane, West Milltown, Co. Kerry, Irleand.

    Daniel went on to be a Sergeant in the 59th Battalion and was twice severly wounded. He was sent home to Australia during 1919. He died in 1923, aged 37.

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