James Daniel O'CONNOR

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Service Number:	20494
Enlisted:	9 May 1917, Enlisted at Geraldton, WA
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	12th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Ennistymon, County Clare, Ireland, 1 January 1876
Home Town:	Meekatharra, Meekatharra, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fitter
Died:	Colac, Victoria, Australia, 26 December 1948, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Colac Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic, Section 61, Grave 5. Interred on 28 December 1948
Memorials:

9 May 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 20494, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Geraldton, WA
21 Nov 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 20494, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
21 Nov 1917:	Embarked Sapper, 20494, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
19 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 12th Field Company Engineers, From Field Company Details
12 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 20494, 12th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Daniel O'Connor and Susan O'Connor nee Moloney of Doolin, County Clare, Ireland.

Next of kin given as his brother Michael O'Connor of Colac, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 1 July 1919 aboard HT Frankfurt disembarking on 17 August 1919 at Adelaide for onward travel to Melbourne

In 1922 James was living in Pirron Yallock, Victoria