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O'CONNOR, Arthur Raymond
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 20773 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 October 1917, Enlisted at Bondi Junction, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 14th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 27 September 1886 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stonemason |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, March 1939, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW Plot reads:- RCCCC - Roman Catholic FM CCC, Grave 227. Interred on 28 March 1939 |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Oct 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 20773, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Bondi Junction, NSW | |
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| 16 Nov 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 20773, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Canberra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 16 Nov 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 20773, Field Company Engineers, SS Canberra, Sydney | |
| 5 Feb 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 14th Field Company Engineers, From Field Company Engineers | |
| 27 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 20773, 14th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Michael O'Connor of Bundaberg, QLD.
Husband of Elsie O'Connor nee Stather of Birrell Street, Waverley, NSW. Arthur and Elsie married during 1909 in Paddington, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia 15 May 1919 aboard HT Orontes disembarking on 1 July 1919
Medal: British War Medal