O'BREE, Francis John Robert
| Service Number: | VX127685 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 September 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia, 23 June 1906 |
| Home Town: | Boundary Bend, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Narrung School, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia, 28 July 1994, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Swan Hill Memorial Park |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 30 Sep 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX127685 | |
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| 13 Mar 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX127685 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, VX127685 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul O'Bree
Frank O'Bree was the eldest son of Emma and Robert O'Bree (of Boundary Bend). At 8 years of age, he rode a horse to school at Narrung for 12months and never missed a day. Although he had a 7 mile walk the day the horse got out.
Later, Carrie, Ron and Ted went to Narrung School with Frank in a dog cart driven by Pat Murphy. After a while an aboriginal named Eddie Pearse took over the reins and one day while going to school in the pouring rain, the horse wandered off the track, one wheel went over a stump, tipping the cart, kids and all into the mud. Their combined efforts failed to get the cartback onto its wheels, so Eddie rode the horse to Heywards for assistance.
This incident brought the school days at Narrung to an abrupt end. Schooling was then held in the dining room of the drop log building at Boundary Bend, Frank attended classes here for 2 years but missed a number of years between Narrung and Boundary Bend before finally leaving at the age of 14 years.