Christopher O'CONNOR

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Service Number:	3004
Enlisted:	19 November 1915, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Machine Gun Company
Born:	St. Marys, Cumberland, New South Wales, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Annandale, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 26 September 1951, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW Interred on 29 September 1951
Memorials:

19 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3004, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
14 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 3004, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
14 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 3004, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
22 Aug 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Machine Gun Company
3 Mar 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3004, 8th Machine Gun Company, Wound to the back. Embarked for England on 11 March 1917 aboard HS Warilda
13 Aug 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3004, 8th Machine Gun Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of William O'Connor and Ellen O'Connor of Cumberland, NSW.

Next of kin given as his brother George O'Connor of Ferris Street, Annandale, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 21 December 1917 aboard HT Persic disembarking at Melbourne on 12 February 1918 for onward travel to Sydney.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal