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O'CONNOR, Richard Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 21427 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 February 1918, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 5th Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales Australia , 23 May 1895 |
| Home Town: | Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor Mechanic |
| Died: | Bowral, New South Wales, Australia, 29 September 1939, aged 44 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Randwick General Cemetery, New South Wales Roman Catholic, Row D, Grave 78-81 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Feb 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 21427, 5th Divisional Signal Company, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 24 Jun 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 21427, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Lydelton embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jun 1918: | Embarked Sapper, 21427, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies, SS Port Lydelton, Sydney | |
| 16 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 21427, 5th Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Richard O'Connor and Margaret T. O'Connor of 'Sunnyside', Botany Street, Randwick, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia on 26 July 1919 aboard HT Burma disembarking on 1 September 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1936c Richard married Amy Holman Powell in Petersham, NSW