O'BRIEN Colville Edward

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Service No.

4489

Rank

Private

Unit

26 Battalion

Other Units

59th & 69th Battalions

Town

Mapleton

Adopted

Yes

Date Enlisted

29 September 1915

Ship Sailed On

31 March 1916

Date Ship Sailed

HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria

Ship Sailed From

Brisbane, Queensland

Gallery

Soldiers History

The Chronicle 6 Sept 1918 published Roll of Honour for Colville Edward (Jack) O`Brien, brother of Mrs WH (Constance) Rosser of Mapleton.

Enlisted on 29 September 1915 (There are some notations in his Military File stating he enlisted on the 12 October 1915)

Battles Fought

Western Front

Victory Medal

British War Medal

If died in the war

Killed in action

Date of Death

8 August 1918

Place of Death

France

Where Buried

Originally Interred at Card Copse Cemetery, France on 8 August 1918 then relocated to Villers Bretonneux Military Cemetery (AKA Australian Memorial Cemetery). Plot 3, Row C, Grave 4.

Where Commemorated

Nambour (Maroochy Shire) Roll of Honor Scroll, Private Collection, Nambour (this scroll was available for sale to the public after the war)

Sources

Headstone photo courtesy of Australian War Graves Photographic Archive.

Name of Researcher

Col White

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