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O'BRIEN, William Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5687 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 12 May 1896 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Milling Engineer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 23 April 1917, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Vaulx Australian Field Ambulance Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 5687, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
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| 7 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 5687, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kevin O'Brien
Private WILLIAM JOSEPH O’BRIEN is the grandson of ANTHONY O’BRIEN and MARY KINNANE of Dunsallagh East, Miltown Malbay, County Clare. Ireland.Their son PATRICK O’BRIEN immigrated to Australia in 1875 there he married ELLEN FITZGERALD and raised a large family in Toowoomba, Queenslland, Australia;their son WILLIAM JOSEPH O’BRIEN Died in France of Wounds (In the field) 28 April 1917.
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