Roderick O'CONNOR

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Service Number:	975
Enlisted:	8 March 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dunedin, New Zealand, 1881
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Fremantle Grammar School
Occupation:	Civil engineer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 15 April 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle 849 Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

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8 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 975, Liverpool, New South Wales
12 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 975, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 975, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
15 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 975, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 975 awm_unit: 17th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-15

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