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Sydney New South Wales [72]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [30]

Brisbane Queensland [26]

Cork [25]

Liverpool, Lancashire [18]

Ballarat Victoria [17]

Melbourne Victoria [16]

Waterford [14]

Dublin [12]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [12]

Launceston Tasmania [10]

Mudgee New South Wales [10]

Tipperary [10]

Adelaide South Australia [8]

Bendigo Victoria [8]

Limerick [8]

Wangaratta Victoria [8]

Goulburn New South Wales [7]

Wexford [7]

Brighton, Sussex [6]

Colac Victoria [6]

Hay New South Wales [6]

Hobart Tasmania [6]

Ipswich Queensland [6]

Toowoomba Queensland [6]

Bathurst New South Wales [5]

Blayney New South Wales [5]

Liverpool England [5]

London England [5]

London, Middlesex, England [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Clare [4]

Devonport, Devon [4]

Foster Victoria [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4]

Maryborough Queensland [4]

Midleton, Cork [4]

Mount Morgan Queensland [4]

Rockhampton Queensland [4]

Tenterfield New South Wales [4]

West Maitland New South Wales [4]

Adelong New South Wales [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [3]

Carlton Victoria [3]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [3]

Footscray Victoria [3]

Galway [3]

Geelong Victoria [3]

Glen Innes New South Wales [3]

Hamilton Victoria [3]

Rank

Private [2379]

Gunner [212]

Driver [187]

Serjeant [145]

Corporal [140]

Sapper [136]

Lance Corporal [98]

Captain [61]

Lieutenant [57]

Pioneer [47]

Second Lieutenant [44]

Acting Serjeant [35]

Acting Corporal [30]

Bombardier [26]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [18]

Company Serjeant Major [12]

Rifleman [12]

Lance Serjeant [10]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Guardsman [7]

Major [7]

Temporary Captain [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Serjeant Major [6]

Staff Nurse [6]

Worker [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major Instructor [4]

Nurse [4]

Sister [4]

Trimmer [4]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3]

Assistant Surgeon [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Drummer [3]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [3]

Private Acting Serjeant [3]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Reverend [3]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [331]

Royal Engineers [272]

Royal Field Artillery [259]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [200]

Army Service Corps [191]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [174]

Royal Irish Regiment [160]

Royal Garrison Artillery [124]

Royal Army Medical Corps [106]

Liverpool Regiment [100]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [96]

Leinster Regiment [92]

Royal Irish Rifles [90]

Machine Gun Corps [85]

Manchester Regiment [83]

Irish Guards [81]

Connaught Rangers [75]

Northumberland Fusiliers [71]

Lancashire Fusiliers [70]

Royal Fusiliers [69]

Welsh Regiment [69]

London Regiment [68]

Royal Defence Corps [53]

South Lancashire Regiment [53]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [49]

Highland Light Infantry [46]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [43]

West Yorkshire Regiment [37]

Cheshire Regiment [36]

Middlesex Regiment [35]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [32]

Yorkshire Regiment [30]

Rifle Brigade [29]

Durham Light Infantry [28]

South Wales Borderers [27]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [26]

Hampshire Regiment [25]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [25]

Royal Naval Division [25]

West Riding Regiment [25]

Seaforth Highlanders [24]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [23]

Royal Army Service Corps [23]

Scottish Rifles [23]

East Lancashire Regiment [22]

Royal Scots [22]

Essex Regiment [21]

Royal Highlanders [20]

East Surrey Regiment [19]

East Yorkshire Regiment [19]

Service

British Army [3549]

Australian Imperial Force [731]

Royal Navy [323]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [169]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [134]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [4]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

O [5049]

B [4]

S [2]

F [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4892]

Merchant Navy [144]

Country

United Kingdom [50]

Ireland [6]

New Zealand [3]

China [1]

South Africa [1]

Turkey [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [72] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [30] Brisbane Queensland [26] Cork [25] Liverpool, Lancashire [18] Ballarat Victoria [17] Melbourne Victoria [16] Waterford [14] Dublin [12] Dublin, Suffolk, England [12] Launceston Tasmania [10] Mudgee New South Wales [10] Tipperary [10] Adelaide South Australia [8] Bendigo Victoria [8] Limerick [8] Wangaratta Victoria [8] Goulburn New South Wales [7] Wexford [7] Brighton, Sussex [6] Colac Victoria [6] Hay New South Wales [6] Hobart Tasmania [6] Ipswich Queensland [6] Toowoomba Queensland [6] Bathurst New South Wales [5] Blayney New South Wales [5] Liverpool England [5] London England [5] London, Middlesex, England [5] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Clare [4] Devonport, Devon [4] Foster Victoria [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4] Maryborough Queensland [4] Midleton, Cork [4] Mount Morgan Queensland [4] Rockhampton Queensland [4] Tenterfield New South Wales [4] West Maitland New South Wales [4] Adelong New South Wales [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [3] Carlton Victoria [3] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [3] Footscray Victoria [3] Galway [3] Geelong Victoria [3] Glen Innes New South Wales [3] Hamilton Victoria [3]

Rank

Private [2379] Gunner [212] Driver [187] Serjeant [145] Corporal [140] Sapper [136] Lance Corporal [98] Captain [61] Lieutenant [57] Pioneer [47] Second Lieutenant [44] Acting Serjeant [35] Acting Corporal [30] Bombardier [26] Warrant Officer Class 2 [18] Company Serjeant Major [12] Rifleman [12] Lance Serjeant [10] Acting Bombardier [8] Guardsman [7] Major [7] Temporary Captain [7] Able Seaman [6] Serjeant Major [6] Staff Nurse [6] Worker [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Colour Serjeant [4] Company Serjeant Major Instructor [4] Nurse [4] Sister [4] Trimmer [4] Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3] Assistant Surgeon [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Deck Hand [3] Drummer [3] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [3] Private Acting Serjeant [3] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Reverend [3] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [331] Royal Engineers [272] Royal Field Artillery [259] Royal Munster Fusiliers [200] Army Service Corps [191] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [174] Royal Irish Regiment [160] Royal Garrison Artillery [124] Royal Army Medical Corps [106] Liverpool Regiment [100] Royal Irish Fusiliers [96] Leinster Regiment [92] Royal Irish Rifles [90] Machine Gun Corps [85] Manchester Regiment [83] Irish Guards [81] Connaught Rangers [75] Northumberland Fusiliers [71] Lancashire Fusiliers [70] Royal Fusiliers [69] Welsh Regiment [69] London Regiment [68] Royal Defence Corps [53] South Lancashire Regiment [53] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [49] Highland Light Infantry [46] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [43] West Yorkshire Regiment [37] Cheshire Regiment [36] Middlesex Regiment [35] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [32] Yorkshire Regiment [30] Rifle Brigade [29] Durham Light Infantry [28] South Wales Borderers [27] King's Royal Rifle Corps [26] Hampshire Regiment [25] Royal Lancaster Regiment [25] Royal Naval Division [25] West Riding Regiment [25] Seaforth Highlanders [24] King's Own Scottish Borderers [23] Royal Army Service Corps [23] Scottish Rifles [23] East Lancashire Regiment [22] Royal Scots [22] Essex Regiment [21] Royal Highlanders [20] East Surrey Regiment [19] East Yorkshire Regiment [19]

Service

British Army [3549] Australian Imperial Force [731] Royal Navy [323] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [169] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [134] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [4] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

O [5049] B [4] S [2] F [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4892] Merchant Navy [144]

Country

United Kingdom [50] Ireland [6] New Zealand [3] China [1] South Africa [1] Turkey [1]

David O'brien

Died 1915

British Army 10780 Private South Wales Borderers

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Hugh Rivers Hamilton (paddy) O'brien

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

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Daniel O'brien

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army 27713 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Edward O'brien

Died 1915

British Army 7944 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 7944 Corporal Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Michael Bernard O'brien

Died 1915

British Army 3697 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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Timothy John Aloysius O'brien

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Kevin O'brien

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Connaught Rangers

British Army Captain Connaught Rangers

British Army Captain Connaught Rangers 6th Bn

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William Vincent O'brien

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 1068 Private Royal Newfoundland Regiment

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John O'brien

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 311405

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D O'brien

Other Empire Force Fireman & Trimmer Mercantile Marine - SS John H Barry

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Gerard O'brien

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 7744 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Munster Fusiliers Attached Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Munster Fusiliers

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Jeremiah O'brien

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 109760

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Joseph O'brien

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147285

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Victor Maurice O'brien

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11892

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Henry O'brien

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247561

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Francis O'brien

Born 1888

Died 1966

British Army GS/15049 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 16335 Private South African Infantry

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Hugh Conor Henry O'brien

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army Captain Royal Munster Fusiliers

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Jermiah Joseph O'brien

Died 1916

British Army 15464 Private Devonshire Regiment

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James Francis O'brien

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Royal Munster Fusiliers

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Patrick O'brien

Died 1916

British Army 101237 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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