Joseph O'CONNOR

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Service Number:	77
Enlisted:	18 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Horsham, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Kilmore, Mitchell, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, 12 February 1969, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Wagga Wagga General (Monumental) Cemetery
Memorials:

18 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 77, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 77, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 77, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
3 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 77, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounds to the chest and lungs. Transferred to HS Nevasa on 13 May 1915
18 Apr 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 77, 13th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Patrick Joseph O'Connor and Catherine Mary O'Connor nee Anderson of Kilmore, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 7 November 1915 aboard HT Runic disembarking on 21 December 1915

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Martha Lilliian O'Connor nee Doolan of Wagga Wagga, NSW. Joseph and Martha married during 1923c in Wagga Wagga, NSW