Garnet William Cecil O'CONNELL

O'CONNELL, Garnet William Cecil

    Service Number: 12655
    Enlisted: 17 September 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 42nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Silverton, New South Wales, Australia, June 1892
    Home Town: Walkerville, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Daw Park, South Australia, 30 September 1963, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery (General)
    Catholic Eastern Ground, Row F, Grave 105. Interred on 2 October 1963
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 12655, 11th Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
    31 May 1916: Involvement Lance Corporal, 12655, 11th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
    31 May 1916: Embarked Lance Corporal, 12655, 11th Field Ambulance, HMAT Suevic, Adelaide
    22 Aug 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 42nd Infantry Battalion, From 11th Field Ambulance
    2 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Richard O'Connell and Elizabeth Ellen O'Connell nee Sefton of 'Sefton', St Andrews Street, Walkerville, SA.

    Commenced return to Australia on 4 July 1919 aboard SS Wiltshire 

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During the 1920s Garnet entered in to the Soldier Settlement Scheme sharing two blocks with his brothers at Trinity North, Sections 621 and 622

     

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