John Edward O'CONNELL

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Service Number:	5399
Enlisted:	16 March 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Wharf Labourer
Died:	Pascoe Vale, Victoria, Australia, September 1946, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic G, Grave 677. Interred on 12 September 1946
Memorials:

16 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5399, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
28 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 5399, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 5399, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
25 Aug 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5399, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to foot and ankle injury

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Son of Michael O'Connell and Ellen O'Connell nee Kelly of Carlton, Victoria.

Husband of Ada O'Connell of Cardigan Street, Carlton, Victoria. John and Ada married during 1907c in Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 23 May 1917 disembarking on 17 July 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal