Walter John O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	3683
Enlisted:	15 September 1915, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia, 26 March 1886
Home Town:	Frankford, West Tamar, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 29 July 1916, aged 30 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, Westbury War Memorial

15 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3683, 26th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tasmania
5 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 3683, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
5 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 3683, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Melbourne
29 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3683, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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