Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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O’BRIEN, BERNARD JAMES

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Studio portrait of 4385 Private (Pte) Bernard James O'Brien, 15th Battalion, of Cygnet, Tas. Pte O'Brien enlisted on 6 September 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Demosthenes on 29 December 1915. Lance Corporal O'Brien was awarded a Military Medal (MM) on 17 March 1917. On 29 March 1918 he died of wounds at Foncquevillers in the Somme area of France

THE LATE SER'GT-MAJOR J O'BRIEN

Mr. Edward C O'Brien, of Cygnet has received the following letter from Lieut. W- J. Hines of the 15th Battalion:— I feel it is a duty I owe to your late son Bernie to pen a few lines and give you as much information as it is possible for one to give these times; Your son was killed on March 29, 1918, on the Somme battlefield, He died among his boys, who loved him dearly and was quite conscious till the last, and free from pain. In a few weeks, I shall give you exact map reference where he is buried; at present I deem it advisable not to do so. And now dear Mr. O'Brien, may I add my appreciation for your son— he whom I knew so well, and who on two occasions was my platoon sergeant, a rank he carried with exacting satisfaction which made him an ideal soldier and a man. His popularity, goodness, and genial manner made officers and men of his battalion remark, 'Bernie O'Brien is a soldier and a man I feel his death keenly, and, on behalf of my platoon I extend to you our full sympathy in your hours of bereavement. But please remember he died, bravely, and took his full share in one of the greatest battles the world has ever had— a battle in which Australia has once more shown the world she is ever prepared and victory is her foremost thought

The Huon News 23^rd July 1918

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