O'BRIEN, William Patrick
| Service Number: | 344 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 March 1915, Enlisted at Ararat |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Colac, Victoria, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Colac, Colac-Otway, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Fireman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 16 September 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 66, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 344, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ararat | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement 344, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked 344, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 16 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 344, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 344 awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-09-16 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Next of kin given as JJ O'Brien of Colac, Victoria. Brother of John Cornelius O'Brien who was killed in action on 20 August 1917 while serving with the 4th Field Ambulance; James O'Brien who was killed in action on 22 March 1918 while serving with the 21st Battlion and Patrick Ignatius O'Brien who served very late in WW1 and then enlisted in WW2 when he served from 1940-46
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Next of kin given as JJ O'Brien of Colac, Victoria. Brother of John Cornelius O'Brien who was killed in action on 20 August 1917 while serving with the 4th Field Ambulance; James O'Brien who was killed in action on 22 March 1918 while serving with the 21st Battlion and Patrick Ignatius O'Brien who served very late in WW1 and then enlisted in WW2 when he served from 1940-46
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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