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Jack O'BRIEN

Regimental number4443
Place of birthFremantle, Western Australia
SchoolFremantle State School, Western Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationDriller
Address23 Henderson Street, Fremantle, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, W O'Brien, 23 Henderson Street, Fremantle, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed as a Leading Seaman in the Royal Australian Naval Brigade.
Enlistment date1 February 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 12
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/14/6
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 30 October 1917
Regimental number from Nominal Roll4443A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll48th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied in the 8th Field Ambulance hospital of wounds recieved at Proyart, France.
FateDied of wounds 9 August 1918
Place of death or woundingProyart, near Peronne, France
Age at death18.10
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialAdelaide Cemetery (Plot III, Row I, Grave No. 15), Villers-Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
146
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr and Mrs W. O'BRIEN, 23 Henderson Street, Fremantle, Western Australia

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