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Military service
Service number:
B/79240
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Irish Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
September 27, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II, G, 2.
Additional information
Son of Charles Percival and Lena Gertrude O'Brien, of Norland, Ontario, Canada.
Brother of Private Irven Lloyd O'Brien, who died during service with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)
Brother of Private Charles Douglas O'Brien, who died during service with the Toronto Scottish Regiment (M.G.), R.C.I.C.
Digital gallery of Private Sanford O'Brien
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Grave Markers
Row of markers in the tiered Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Cross of Sacrifice - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
View of the Cross of Sacrifice from the tiered rows of Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Gradara War Cemetery - May 2013 ... Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial Cross
Commemorative Cross in Pine Grove Cemetery in Norland Ontario -
Newspaper Clipping
Three brothers KIA, two others wounded Source: Toronto Star "Pages of the Past" online archive. Note spellings differ. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Story from Lindsay Daily Post October 6, 1944 telling story of death of L Cpl Sanford O'Brien of 1st Battalion, Irish Regiment of Canada. -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Photo of Sanford O'Brien
Sandford O'Brien From Barbara Chynoweth and the Norland Public Library
Digital gallery of
Private Sanford O'Brien
Digital gallery of
Private Sanford O'Brien
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 407 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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