Thomas Andrew O'CONNOR

Badge Number: S9028, Sub Branch: Unley
S9028

O'CONNOR, Thomas Andrew

    Service Number: 22365
    Enlisted: 28 January 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 7th Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: Gawler, South Australia, 1884
    Home Town: Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Station Master
    Died: Unley, South Australia, 1 November 1954, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
    Catholic Section A, Path AT, Grave 294A
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    World War 1 Service

    28 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 22365, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
    20 May 1916: Involvement Gunner, 22365, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
    20 May 1916: Embarked Gunner, 22365, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Medic, Melbourne
    6 Jan 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, From 23rd Field Artillery Brigade
    19 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 22365, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Remained on duty
    11 Nov 1918: Involvement Sergeant, 22365, 7th Field Artillery Brigade
    16 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 22365, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Address at the time of enlistment was given as Kalgoorlie, WA

    Son of Mary O'Connor of William Street off Iodide Street, Broken Hill, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia on 11 May 1919 aboard HT Zealandia disembarking on 28 June 1919 at Melbourne

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1920c Thomas married Myrtle Turner Button

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