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Hint: This site is intended as a search aid - not a definitive source. It is essentially an index to documents that seem to relate to this person plus a very brief precis of relevant elements. Sources often conflict and I also flag things with a ? when I am unsure. So if the information below is important to you, then please check the original sources to see what else they contain (and in case I have inadvertantly introduced transcription and/or precising errors). There can be additional information that was not included in the database for both space and copyright reasons.

 

Surname		O'BRIEN
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		Nicholas
Regimental Number		228
Rank		Private
Unit Name		5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
State		Qld
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Murray: Corporal. B5172: next of kin in Highgate Hill Qld. Source:# 571 WW1 AIF 2nd. Lt. Signals Officer Bn.HQ 15Bn., wounded in action 7-8-15 arm Gallipoli attached Comp. LHR in WFF Dec 1915 to 5 Div Sig Co to Capt 3 Div Sig Co MID WIA 2-7-17 head F&B RTA 10-9-17 disch 15-12-17 from wounds. Telegraphist age 33 from Eagle Junction Qld. Pte. QVR 1899-1900 to Sgt. Sigs 1908 to SSM 15 Sig Troop 1912 CMF. Boer War Cpl. 5QIB (228). URL1: WW1 AIF 2nd. Lieut. Signal Officer HQ 15Bn., a telegraphist aged 33 from Eagle Junction Qld. URL2: WW1 AIF Captain 15Bn. returned to Aust. 10.9.1917.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 498 B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 571 B2455: National Archives of Australia series B2455
External Link URL1		www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/awm8/23_32_1/pdf/0325.pdf
External Link URL2		www.awm.gov.au/nominalrolls/ww1/page.asp?Folder=40&Page=18&Surname=obrien
External Link URL3		www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf

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Apology: For some time now it has been difficult to keep up with the newly available sources (especially the Trove newspaper site) plus the flow of contributions and queries. So I have been forced to prioritise maintenance and data entry over replying to correspondence. Nevertheless, your contributions are being added to the database and acknowledged on the contributions page and, although my replies are many months behind, I will attempt to get to them more often.

 

Colin Roe
Canberra

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