O'CONNOR, Thomas
| Service Number: | 5389 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 March 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Auckland, New Zealand, 7 September 1883 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Horse Trainer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 8 June 1918, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mericourt-L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension Plot 111, Row B, Grave 13. Rev. W.C. Smith officiated |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5389, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 28 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5389, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5389, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 3 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5389, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right knee. Embarked for England from Rouen on 18 May 1917 aboard HS St, David | |
| 8 Jun 1918: | Involvement Private, 5389, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5389 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-06-08 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
May have lowered his aged at enlistment. Attestation paper gives his age as 39 years 6 months. Find A Grave shows his date of birth as 7 September 1883, NZBMD gives the year as 1883
Son of John O'Connor and Sarah Jane O'Connor nee Menagh of Auckland, NZ.
Brother of Hugh O'Connor who was killed in action on 29 August 1918 while serving with the N.Z.E.F. and is buried in the Bancourt British Cemetery. Plot 11, Row E, Grave 8
Next of kin originally given as a friend Mrs O'Meara of Victoria Street, North Melbourne, later changed to his brother Hugh O'Connor of Ellerslie, NZ who was later killed in action.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal. Held in trust for his son, John Thomas O'Connor, by his mother in law Emily Davey of Manning Street, Newton, Auckland, NZ