Michael Paul O'CONNOR

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Service Number:	3606
Enlisted:	9 October 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Mount Gambier, South Australia, 16 November 1880
Home Town:	Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Platelayer
Memorials:

9 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3606, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA
17 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 3606, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
17 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 3606, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Fremantle
3 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 28th Battalion
5 Sep 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3606, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Severe wound to the head and face. Embarked for England on 6 September 1916 aboard HS Newhaven
24 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3606, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Second occasion. Wound to the hand
1 Apr 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3606, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the in London as an illegal absentee form 3 September 1918

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Address at the time of enlistmen was given as Swan Street, North Fremantle, WA

Son of Thomas O'Connor and Catherine O'Connor nee Vail of Mount Gambier, SA.

Not eligible for medals due to being classed as a deserter