Joseph Simon O'CONNOR

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Service Number:	1111
Enlisted:	2 December 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Albury, New South Wales, Australia, 1873
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Winch Timberman
Died:	Nedlands, Western Australia, 1944, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Roman Catholic, Section MC, Grave 0615
Memorials:

2 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 1111, Mining Corps, Enlisted at Perth, WA
20 Feb 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 1111, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
20 Feb 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 1111, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney
18 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), From Mining Corps
5 Dec 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 1111, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism

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Son of Charles O'Connor and Mary O'Connor nee Burns of Albury, NSW

Husband of Ethel May O'Connor nee Daniel of King William Street, Adelaide, SA. Joseph and Ethel married during 1906 in Perth, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 27 September 1917 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 22 November 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal