O'Brien Francis Gunner 1078380 - Revision history

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 |Rank=Gunner
 |Decorations=None known other than service medals.
-|Date of birth=26/11/1909.
+|Date of birth=26/11/1909 - as per his Enlistment documentation.  (Other records show 1908 or 1910 as his birth year).
 |Age=(At time of death).
 |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Artillery 12/9/1940 under the National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939 for the duration of the emergency.  Posted to 51st Anti-Tank Training Regiment at Catterick for basic training 12/9/1940.  Posted to 501st Coastal Regiment, Royal Artillery at Catterick 15/10/1940.  Posted to 423rd Coastal Battery 1/1/1941 at Cromarty.  Posted to 520th Coastal Battery (Regimented with 423rd Battery) at Dover 16/3/1941.  Transferred to Field Branch, Royal Artillery 10/10/1944 and posted to 88th Anti-Tank Regiment.  Proceeded on Draft REPUS 22/11/1944.  Embarked for BLA X(iv) List 22/11/1944.  Taken on strength 49th Regimental Holding Unit from 88th Anti-Tank Regiment in North West Europe 25/11/1944.  Intraposted to 91 Regimental Holding Unit North West Europe.  Posted from X List 31 Regimental Holding Unit and Taken on Strength 73rd Anti-Tank Regiment.  Posted to 54th Anti-Tank Regiment and Taken on Strength 25/9/1945.  Posted to Z (T) Reserve 7/12/1945.  On leave prior to A Class Release 8/12/1945 - 13/2/1946 (part of which was overseas).  Class A Release 13/2/1946.
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 |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
 |Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
-|Home address=Worked as a Poultryman before enlistment.  Next of Kin on enlistment - father - Michael O'Brien, 36 Harebell Street, Liverpool 5.
+|Home address=Aged 2 at the time of the 1911 Census.  Included in the 1939 General Register - also at Harebell Street.
 |Image Name=Francis_O%27Brien_88th_Anti-Tank.jpg
 |Image Title=Gunner Francis O'Brien
 }}

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 |Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
 |Home address=Worked as a Poultryman before enlistment.  Next of Kin on enlistment - father - Michael O'Brien, 36 Harebell Street, Liverpool 5.
 }}

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-Image Name=Gunner Francis O'Brien
+|Image Name=Gunner Francis O'Brien
-Image Title=Francis_O%27Brien_88th_Anti-Tank.jpg
+|Image Title=Francis_O%27Brien_88th_Anti-Tank.jpg

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 |Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
 |Home address=Worked as a Poultryman before enlistment.  Next of Kin on enlistment - father - Michael O'Brien, 36 Harebell Street, Liverpool 5.
 }}

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 |Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
 |Home address=Worked as a Poultryman before enlistment.  Next of Kin on enlistment - father - Michael O'Brien, 36 Harebell Street, Liverpool 5.
 |Image Name=Gunner Francis O'Brien
 }}

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 |Date of birth=26/11/1909.
 |Age=(At time of death).
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Artillery 12/9/1940 under the National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939 for the duration of the emergency.  Posted to 51st Anti-Tank Training Regiment at Catterick for basic training 12/9/1940.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Artillery 12/9/1940 under the National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939 for the duration of the emergency.  Posted to 51st Anti-Tank Training Regiment at Catterick for basic training 12/9/1940.  Posted to 501st Coastal Regiment, Royal Artillery at Catterick 15/10/1940.  Posted to 423rd Coastal Battery 1/1/1941 at Cromarty.  Posted to 520th Coastal Battery (Regimented with 423rd Battery) at Dover 16/3/1941.  Transferred to Field Branch, Royal Artillery 10/10/1944 and posted to 88th Anti-Tank Regiment.  Proceeded on Draft REPUS 22/11/1944.  Embarked for BLA X(iv) List 22/11/1944.  Taken on strength 49th Regimental Holding Unit from 88th Anti-Tank Regiment in North West Europe 25/11/1944.  Intraposted to 91 Regimental Holding Unit North West Europe.  Posted from X List 31 Regimental Holding Unit and Taken on Strength 73rd Anti-Tank Regiment.  Posted to 54th Anti-Tank Regiment and Taken on Strength 25/9/1945.  Posted to Z (T) Reserve 7/12/1945.  On leave prior to A Class Release 8/12/1945 - 13/2/1946 (part of which was overseas).  Class A Release 13/2/1946.
-|Company/Battery=
+|Company/Battery=423 Coastal, 520 Coastal.
-|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=
+|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not known.
-|Task or role=
+|Task or role=Gunner.
-|Joined Brigade=
+|Joined Brigade=Gunner O'Brien joined 88th Anti-Tank Regiment after the disbandment of 70th Infantry Brigade.
-|Promotions=
+|Promotions=None known.
-|Wounded=
+|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
-|Prisoner of War=
+|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
-|Died/Killed in action=
+|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
-|Home address= (To include family and marital details where possible).
+|Home address=Worked as a Poultryman before enlistment.  Next of Kin on enlistment - father - Michael O'Brien, 36 Harebell Street, Liverpool 5.
 }}