Cornelius Thomas O'CONNOR MM

O'CONNOR, Cornelius Thomas

    Service Number: 966
    Enlisted: 22 February 1916, Enlisted at Leongatha, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 37th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Buln Buln, Victoria, Australia, 1898
    Home Town: Carrajung, Wellington, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Bookkeeper
    Died: Victoria, Australia, 13 October 1955, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia
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    World War 1 Service

    22 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 966, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Leongatha, Victoria
    3 Jun 1916: Involvement Private, 966, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
    3 Jun 1916: Embarked Private, 966, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
    7 Jun 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 966, 37th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the neck
    10 Feb 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 966, 37th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Multiple head wounds. Invalided to England on 11 March 1918
    12 Feb 1918: Honoured Military Medal
    10 Aug 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 966, 37th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Daniel O'Connor and Mary Ann O'Connor nee Kelly of Carrajung via Rosedale, Victoria. 

    Commenced return to Australia on 12 May 1918 aboard HT Ruahine disembarking on 5 July 1918 at Sydney for onward travel to Melbourne.

    Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1924c Cornelius married Mary Catherine Connolly in Victoria

     

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