O'CONNOR, John Glendon
Service Number: | 23079 |
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Enlisted: | 18 January 1918, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Sapper |
Last Unit: | 1st Australian Wireless Squadron (ANZAC) |
Born: | Fernmount, New South Wales, Australia, 24 December 1892 |
Home Town: | Grafton, Clarence Valley, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Tram Conductor |
Died: | Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, 19 April 1953, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Old Dubbo Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia |
Memorials: | Grafton Primary School Great War Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
18 Jan 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 23079, 1st Australian Wireless Squadron (ANZAC), Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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16 Oct 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 23079, 1st Australian Wireless Squadron (ANZAC), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Malta embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
16 Oct 1918: | Embarked Sapper, 23079, 1st Australian Wireless Squadron (ANZAC), SS Malta, Sydney | |
7 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 23079, 1st Australian Wireless Squadron (ANZAC), Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Patrick O'Connor and Elizabeth J. O'Connor of Villiers Street, Grafton, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia on 22 March 1919 aboard HT Calcutta disembarking on 19 April 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel by boat to Sydney
Medals: British War Medal,
Husband of Amy Ilma nee Williams O'Connor. John and Amy married in Sydney during 1925c