Robert Henry O'CONNOR

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Service Numbers:	4671, V375839
Enlisted:	17 January 1918, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, 24 August 1899
Home Town:	Auburn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Box Hill, Victoria, Australia, 10 August 1971, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Australia War Graves, Wall A, 101
Memorials:

17 Jan 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4671, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
30 Apr 1918:	Involvement Private, 4671, Light Horse Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Darwin embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
30 Apr 1918:	Embarked Private, 4671, Light Horse Reinforcements, SS Port Darwin, Sydney
22 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4671, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

4 May 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , V375839
17 Jan 1947:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , V375839

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Son of Walter Robert O'Connor and Margaret Emily Dodd formerly O'Connor of Collingwood, Victoria.

Next of kin given as his aunt Emily Smart of Caroline Street, Auburn, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 3 July 1919 aboard HT Malta disembarking on 7 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c Robert married Daisy Harriet Pagram in Victoria