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Cenotaph record

Ronald O'Brien

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Portrait, Weekly News 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, Weekly News 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ronald AWMM
  • Surname
    O'Brien AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    11786 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 65 Deans Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr J. O'Brien (father), 65 Deans Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    11786 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Clerk AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Ronald O'Brien was the son of John and Eliza Ann O'Brien, of Riccarton, Canterbury, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    20 May 1941 AWMM
    Age 28 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Athens Memorial, Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Greece AWMM

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