Regimental number | 4443 |
Place of birth | Fremantle, Western Australia |
School | Fremantle State School, Western Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Driller |
Address | 23 Henderson Street, Fremantle, Western Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Next of kin | Father, W O'Brien, 23 Henderson Street, Fremantle, Western Australia |
Previous military service | Served as a Leading Seaman in the Royal Australian Naval Brigade. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 12 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 14/14/6 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 4443A |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 48th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Died in the 8th Field Ambulance hospital of wounds recieved at Proyart, France. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Proyart, near Peronne, France |
Age at death | 18.10 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 18 |
Place of burial | Adelaide 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 |