Robert O'CONNELL

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Service Number:	384
Enlisted:	11 January 1915, Enlisted at Donald, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	1st Divisional Ammunition Column
Born:	Minyip, Victoria, Australia, 1878
Home Town:	Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Minyip, Victoria, Australia, 26 October 1923, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Minyip Cemetery, Victoria Catholic Section, Grave 357. Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

11 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 384, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Donald, Victoria
28 May 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 384, 13th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
28 May 1915:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 384, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
28 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, From 13th Light Horse Regiment
11 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 384, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Also known as Gerald O'Connell but served and is buried as Robert O'Connell.

Son of Jerimiah O'Connell and Mary O'Connell nee Fitzgerald of Minyip, Victoria

Next of kin given as Mary Richards of 'Chalsworth', Baker Street, North Richmond, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 2 January 1919 aboard HT Berrima disembarking on 17 February 1919

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