John O'CONNOR

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Service Number:	3579
Enlisted:	14 July 1914, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Stony Creek, South Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Maltster
Memorials:	Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Marist Brothers College Great War Honour Roll

14 Jul 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3579, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
29 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3579, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3579, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
26 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, From 21st Battalion
16 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, From 60th Battalion
23 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 65th Infantry Battalion, From 57th Battalin
28 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, From 65th Battalion
5 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3579, 57th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the face and hand. Embarked for England on 11 May 1918
22 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3579, 57th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as C/- Mrs Tobin, Stony Creek, Gippsland, Victoria.

Next of kin given as a friend Mrs J Garland of Harp And Shamrock Hotel, Bendigo, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 19 October 1918 aboard HT Sardinia disembarking on 27 December 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal