Edward O'CONNELL

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Service Number:	4318
Enlisted:	14 September 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Jersey, Channel Islands, 1882
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

14 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4318, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
3 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 4318, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
3 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 4318, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
22 Jan 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4318, 9th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism

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Next of kin given as his brother William O'Connell of Bargate, Southampton, England.

Previously enlisted but was discharged soon after as being unlikely to make an efficient soldier

Commenced return to Australia on 19 October 1917 aboard HT Port Lyttleton disembarking on 15 December 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Next of kin given as his brother William O'Connell of Bargate, Southampton, England.

Previously enlisted but was discharged soon after as being unlikely to make an efficient soldier

Commenced return to Australia on 19 October 1917 aboard HT Port Lyttleton disembarking on 15 December 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal