O'BRIEN, Albert John - 5765

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Pte Albert John O'Brien
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Conflict World War 1
Service Arm Australian Imperial Force
Unit 11th Infantry Battalion
Service No. 5765
Service Arm Army
Date of Birth 1 Jan 1891
Date of Death
Relatives



Attestations and casualty documents





In camp at Blackboy Hill, Western Australia 10th May 1916. Albert is on the right hand side of the second back row.





Albert and his fellow soldiers were captured on the 16th April 1917 and interned in Limburg, Friedrichsfeld and Heilsberg.





After the war Albert applied for land under the Soldier's Settlement Scheme and moved to Dumbleyung, Western Australia.