Edward James O'CONNOR

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Service Number:	4287
Enlisted:	30 August 1915, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	54th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Mascot, Botany Bay, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Store Keeper
Died:	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 1 July 1950, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW RC21 - Roman Catholic FM 21, Position 1646
Memorials:

30 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4287, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 4287, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 4287, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
16 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion
16 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4287, 54th Infantry Battalion, Gassed. Invalided to England on 25 May 1918
17 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4287, 54th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of John O'Connor and Mary Jane O'Connor of Cleland Street, Mascot, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 2 March 1919 aboard HT Derbyshire disembarking on 7 April 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal, Croix de Guerre