Arthur Bernard O'CONNOR

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O'CONNOR, Arthur Bernard

Service Numbers:	6117, 5117
Enlisted:	19 September 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	1st Field Squadron Engineers AIF
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 28 May 1891
Home Town:	Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 27 January 1953, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania Monumental, Section A3, Grave 390
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World War 1 Service

19 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 6117, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
2 Feb 1915:	Involvement Driver, 5117, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Chilka embarkation_ship_number: A51 public_note: ''
2 Feb 1915:	Embarked Driver, 5117, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Chilka, Melbourne
13 Nov 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 12th Army Service Corps
11 Jan 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Field Squadron Engineers AIF
16 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 5117, 1st Field Squadron Engineers AIF, Discharged at the 6th Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Daniel John O'Connor and Isabella O'Connor nee Stubbs of Sonden Street, Launceston, Tasmania.

Commenced return to Australia on 4 March 1919 aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking on 17 April 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Tasmania

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

On 11 July 1925 Arthur married Peryl Elizabeth Lawrence in the Catholic Church, Longford, Tasmania

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