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Nicholas Edward O'BRIEN

Regimental number2420
Place of birthWarracknabeal, Victoria
SchoolSt Augustine's (Catholic) Orphanage, Geelong, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationWickmaker
Address182 Neill Street, Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMrs H E O'Brien, 23 Waterloo Street, Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed at the Royal Australian Naval Depot at Williamstown, Victoria.
Enlistment date10 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 21 April 1917
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialAchiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row D, Grave No. 7), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
102
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Terasa Margaret O'BRIEN; husband of Hilda Emma Carr (formerly O'BRIEN), 20 Henry Street, Abbotsford, Victoria. Native of Warracknabeal, Vicktoria

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