Frank O'CONNER

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Service Number:	5126
Enlisted:	8 December 1915, Enlisted at Forbes, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Forbes, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Forbes, Forbes, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Warren, New South Wales, Australia, 4 June 1957, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Warren General Cemetery, New South Wales Surname spelt Oconnor
Memorials:

8 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5126, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Forbes, NSW
5 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 5126, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
5 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 5126, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney
12 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion, From 17th Battalion
11 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 17th Light Railway Operating Company, From 54th Battalion
22 Aug 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion, From 17th Australian Light Rail Operating Company
20 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5126, 54th Infantry Battalion, Gassed.
10 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5126, 54th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed. Invalided to England on 23 July 1918
6 Nov 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Infantry Battalion, From 54th Battalion
1 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5126, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to gassing

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Son of Frank O'Conner and Matilda O'Conner of Keppit Street, North Melbourne, Victoria.

Commenced return to Aistralia on 25 January 1919 aboard HT Ceramic disembarking on 13 March 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal