O'CONNOR, Edward Joseph
| Other Name: | O'Connor, Edmund Joseph |
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| Service Number: | 4888 |
| Enlisted: | 3 August 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Narrandera, New South Wales, 1900 |
| Home Town: | Collie, Warren Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, September 1970, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW Interred on 10 September 1970 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Aug 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4888, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 19 Dec 1917: | Involvement Private, 4888, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Dec 1917: | Embarked Private, 4888, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 17 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4888, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Correct name was Edward Joseph O'Connor but served as Edmund Joseph O'Connor. Address at the time of enlistment was given as 'Bal Boorie', Collie, NSW
At the time of enlistment Edmund gave his aged as 19 when in fact he was only 17.
Son of William O'Connor and Caroline Mary O'Connor nee Royal of Collie, NSW formerly of Echuca, Victoria.
Brother of Patrick O'Connor who returned to Australia on 13 October 1919 having served with the 45th Battalion; Michael O'Connor who returned to Australia on 9 June 1917 having served with the 1st Pioneer Battalion and George William O'Connor who was killed in action on 7 June 1917 while serving with the 45th Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears on Menin Gate, Ypres, Panel 27.
Commenced return to Australia 25 September 1919 aboard HT Port Denison disembarking on 17 November 1919
Medal: British War Medal
Husband of Claudia Annie Alice O'Connor nee Walker. Edward and Claudia married during 1926c at Narrabri, NSW