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Francis John O'Brien

1893-1977

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.3

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1460

About

Born in New Zealand

12 November 1893
Parent

Mother

D. O'Brien
Residence

Hometown

Hastings
Work

Occupation

Farrier
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • 9th Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles

    New Zealand

    • World War I (1914-1918)

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    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 83

    8 July 1977

    Sources

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5549 89/0087369, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 4.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “Francis John O'Brien (1893-1977)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/638

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