Phillip O'CONNELL

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Service Number:	4696
Enlisted:	14 August 1917, Enlisted at Holesworthy, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia, 1884
Home Town:	Darlinghurst, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storeman
Died:	Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia, 28 March 1929, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW Roman Catholic FM B, Grave 419 Interred on 30 March 1929
Memorials:

14 Aug 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4696, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Holesworthy, NSW
31 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 4696, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
31 Oct 1917:	Embarked Private, 4696, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
2 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, From 1st Pioneer Battalion
2 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4696, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wounds to the abdomen
6 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4696, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Patrick O'Connell and Ellen O'Connell of Sydney, NSW.

Husband of Grace Violet May O'Connell nee Watts of Sun Street, Darlinghurst, NSW. Phillip and Grace married during 1910c in Paddington, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 17 March 1919 aboard HT Plassy disembarking on 3 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal