Thomas Joseph O'BRIEN

Thomas Joseph O'BRIEN Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

O'BRIEN, Thomas Joseph

Service Number:	352
Enlisted:	4 January 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Alberton, South Australia, 8 February 1886
Home Town:	Alberton, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Alberton Public School and Marist Brothers College
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 7 June 1917, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Rosewater Marist Brothers Port Adelaide Roll of Honour, Somerton Park Sacred Heart College Men of "The Marist Brothers Old Scholars Association" Honor Roll WW1

World War 1 Service

4 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 352, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia
9 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 352, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
9 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 352, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
7 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 352, 52nd Infantry Battalion
7 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 352, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 352 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-06-07

The O'Brien family of Coore West, Miltown Malbay, County Clare, Ireland

PATRICK O’BRIEN and MARGARET DARCY of Coore West, Miltown Malbay, County Clare lost 2 grandsons in France and one in Belgium in 1917. Their son PATRICK O’BRIEN 1857-1924 immigrated to South Australia and married AGNES HELENA BOWDEN and their 4 sons enlisted to fight in WWI. Three did not come home.

· 2nd Lieutenant WILLIAM O’BRIEN, 10 Battalion Australian Infantry Killed in Action 9 Apr 1917 buried in Vaulx Hill Cemetery, Vaulx, Picardie, France 24 yrs.

· Private THOMAS JOSEPH O’BRIEN 52 Battalion Died of Wounds 7 Jun 1917 30 yrs.

· Corporal JAMES DANIEL O’BRIEN 48th Battalion, Killed in Action 11 Apr 1917 29 yrs

Virtual
War Memorial
Australia