Jouston Ignatius O'CONNOR

O'CONNOR, Jouston Ignatius

    Service Number: 3116
    Enlisted: 10 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 2nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Uralla, New South Wales, Australia, 1891
    Home Town: Trundle, Parkes, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Carpenter
    Died: Walcha, New South Wales, Australia, 6 October 1958, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Walcha General Cemetery, N.S.W.
    Spelt as Justin Ignatius O'Connor.
    Memorials: Trundle WWI Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    10 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3116, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    8 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 3116, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Sydney
    8 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 3116, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
    22 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3116, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the shoulder.
    23 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 61st Infantry Battalion , From 2nd Battalion
    9 Mar 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Infantry Battalion, From 61st Battalion
    11 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 3116, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Remained on duty
    9 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 3116, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Third occasion. Invalided to England on 25 August 1918
    17 Jun 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3116, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Name also spelt as Jouston Ignatius O'Connor and Juston O'Connor.

    Son of Patrick Michael O'Connor and Sarah O'Connor of Uralla, NSW. 

    Husband of Marian E. O'Connor nee Jones of Union Hotel, Trundle, NSW. 

    Commenced return to Australia on 25 January 1919 aboard HT Ceramic disembarking on 14 March 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

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

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