Henry O'CONNOR

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Service Number:	4750
Enlisted:	29 September 1915, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1882
Home Town:	Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Linesman
Died:	Due to war service, Callan Park Mental Hospital, New South Wales, Australia, 19 August 1923
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Anglican, Row NN, Grave 0017. Headstone inscription reads: His duty nobly done
Memorials:

29 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4750, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
13 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4750, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
13 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4750, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
3 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4750, 20th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the arm and shoulder.
13 Aug 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4750, 20th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded

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Son of Henry O'Connor and Elizabeth Jane O'Connor nee Cornish of Ballarat, Victoria.

Husband of Phyllis O'Connor nee Kershaw of Raglan Street, Mosman, NSW. Henry and Phyllis married during 1911c in Woollahra, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 20 December 1917 aboard HT Runic disembarking on 13 February 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal