John Joseph O'CONNOR

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Service Number:	3902
Enlisted:	25 August 1915, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Plumber
Memorials:

25 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3902, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
20 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 3902, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
20 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 3902, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney
16 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 20th Infantry Battalion, From 17th Battalion
2 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3902, 20th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right hand. Embarked for England from Calais on 7 August 1916
16 Mar 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3902, 20th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Next of kin given given as his sister Nora Agnes Hutchinson C/-Mrs Wigmore of Lucinania Waratah Avenue, Randwick, NSW.

Apprenticed to Cotterwall of Paddington, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 25 August 1917 disembarking on 26 October 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal