Studio portrait of 4489 Acting Sergeant Leslie Victor O'Brien, 32nd Battalion. A bookkeeper from ...

Accession Number P09291.237
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital print
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 4489 Acting Sergeant Leslie Victor O'Brien, 32nd Battalion. A bookkeeper from Broken Hill, New South Wales, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 12th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 16 December 1916 aboard HMAT Berrima for Devonport, England. He retained the acting rank throughout the voyage and for the duration of training in England, reverting to the rank of Private on 8 October 1917 when he transferred to the 43rd Battalion at the Western Front near Ypres, Belgium, and was appointed to the rank of Lance Corporal (L Cpl) a month later. L Cpl O'Brien was killed in action near Hamel, France, on 4 July 1918 and is buried in the Crucifix Corner Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, France. He was aged 25 years.