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Patrick Coleman O'BRIEN

Regimental number1169
Place of birthPetersburg South Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressBismarck Steeet, Petersburg, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Bridget O'Brien, Bismarck Street, Petersburg, South Australia
Enlistment date30 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 30 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialAbbeville Communal Cemetery (Plot V, Row H, Grave No.12), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
33
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Bridget O'BRIEN, Queen Street, Peterborough, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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