John Joseph O'CONNOR

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Service Number:	6175
Enlisted:	31 July 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Motor Transport Company
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 19 March 1892
Home Town:	Kiama, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Waiter
Died:	Rozelle, New South Wales, Australia, 1 May 1966, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Ryde, New South Wales
Memorials:

31 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6175, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
31 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6175, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
31 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6175, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Melbourne
9 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6175, 22nd Infantry Battalion
23 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6175, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion Gassed.
8 Feb 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Motor Transport Company, From 22nd Battalion
22 May 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Motor Transport Company, From 2nd Motor Transport Company
30 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6175, 4th Motor Transport Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of John O'Connor and Katherine O'Connor nee McLary of Brisbane, QLD

Address at the time of enlistment was given as Torys Hotel, Kiama, NSW

Next of kin given as his brother Charles O'Connor of Nudgee, Brisbane, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 1 November 1919 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on 15 December 1919 at Melbourne for on ward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal