Michael O'CONNOR

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Service Number:	3693
Enlisted:	20 January 1917, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Limerick, Ireland, 1875
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

20 Jan 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3693, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
29 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 3693, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 3693, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Borda, Fremantle
6 Sep 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3693, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism

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Marital status at the time of enlistment was given as widower. Michael had married Elizabeth Barry during 1903c in Perth, WA.

Next of kin given as his son Patrick Joseph O'Connor C/- William O'Connor of Greenway Street, Wickham, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 17 June 1918 aboard HT Matatua disembarking on 8 August 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal