Albert O'CONNOR

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Service Number:	104
Enlisted:	1 October 1914, Enlisted at South Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 1893
Home Town:	North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Printer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 8 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

1 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 104, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at South Melbourne, Victoria
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 104, 14th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 104, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
9 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 104, 14th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right thigh
18 Feb 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 104, 14th Infantry Battalion, Embarked HT Ballarat at Melbourne
12 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Machine Gun Company, From 14th Battalion
8 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 104, 4th Machine Gun Company, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 104 awm_unit: 4th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-08

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Son of John O'Connor and Mary Ann O'Connor nee O'Grady of Flemington Road, North Melbourne, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 31 October 1915 aboard HT Aeneas disembarking on 26 November 1915.

Returned to Egypt disembarking on 22 March 1916 and was with his unit on 2 April 1916

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