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O'CONNOR, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 387 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 February 1915, Enlisted at Mount Morgan, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron |
| Born: | Emerald, Queensland, Australia, 10 June 1883 |
| Home Town: | Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 387, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Mount Morgan, QLD | |
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| 2 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 387, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 387, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Borda, Brisbane | |
| 29 Aug 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1), From 11th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 22 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 11th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 27 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron | |
| 14 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Drummer, 387, 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Bomb wound to the right arm. | |
| 10 Oct 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 387, 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as Benjamin O'Connor of East Street, Rockhampton, QLD
Commenced return to Australia on 16 January 1919 aboard HT Berrima disembarking on 17 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel by boat to Brisbane.
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal