Stanley Pierpoint O'BREE

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O'BREE, Stanley Pierpoint

Service Number:	6139
Enlisted:	2 April 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	60th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Preston, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	Abbotsford School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Ironmoulder
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 4 July 1918
Cemetery:	Mericourt-L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension Plot 111, Row F, Grave 8. Headstone inscription reads: One of God's noblest boys loved by all who knew him & sadly missed. Rev. I.C. Bremer officiated
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

2 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6139, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
28 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 6139, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 6139, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
12 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, From 5th Battalion
15 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6139, 60th Infantry Battalion, Gassed

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Frederick George O'Bree and Mary Ann O'Bree nee Freeland of William Street, Preston, Victoria.

Apprenticed to John Buncle & Sons, Engineers of North Melbourne for five years.

Brother of Frederick Freeland O'Bree who was killed in action on 8 November 1916 while serving with the 23rd Battalion and is buried in the Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt. Plot 11, Row E, Grave 54; Victor Charles O'Bree who returned to Australia on 1 January 1918 having served with the 23rd Battalion

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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