Thomas O'CONNOR

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Service Number:	1549
Enlisted:	9 March 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	7th Light Trench Mortar Battery
Born:	Kensington, South Australia , 28 September 1893
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 21 September 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate, Ypres. Panel 31
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

9 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1549, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
31 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1549, 27th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 1549, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
18 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery, From 27th Battalion
6 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7th Light Trench Mortar Battery, From 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery
21 Sep 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 1549, 7th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1549 awm_unit: 7th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-21

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Son of Edward O'Connor and Julia O'Connor nee Gleeson of Gilles Street, Adelaide, SA.

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