Robert O'BRIEN

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Service Number:	3679
Enlisted:	10 July 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Quarry Hill, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Died of wounds, Estaires, France, 20 August 1916
Cemetery:	Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension, France Plot II, Row K, Grave No. II, Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension, Estaires, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Marist Brothers College Great War Honour Roll

10 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3679, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
5 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 3679, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
5 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 3679, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Melbourne
23 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3679, 57th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
19 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3679, 57th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), SW face and compound fracture of skull sustained in the front line at Fleurbaix. Evacuated to 1st Australian CCS situated at Estaires, however died of wounds the next day 20 August 1916.
20 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 3679, 57th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3679 awm_unit: 57 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-20

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Pte O'Brien sustained SW to the face and a compound fracture of the skull while in the front line at Fleurbaix.

He was evacuated to the 1st Australian CCS, then situated at Estaires, however died of his wounds the next day 20 August 1916.