David O'CONNELL

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Service Number:	2444
Enlisted:	2 April 1916, Enlisted at Warwick, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Motor Transport Company
Born:	Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia, 1882
Home Town:	Nowra, Shoalhaven Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Captain's Flat, New South Wales, Australia, 1 May 1939, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Queanbeyan (Riverside) Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Nowra Shoalhaven Soldiers Memorial Gates, St George Memorial Wall - We Remember Their Sacrifice

2 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2444, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Warwick, QLD
8 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2444, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
8 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 2444, 4th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane
12 Mar 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Motor Transport Company
24 May 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Motor Transport Company
10 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2444, 4th Motor Transport Company, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Birth name registered as David Henry O'Connell.

Son of David O'Connell and Jane O'Connell of Shoalhaven Street, Nowra, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 6 October 1919 aboard HTNZ Pakeha disembarking on 24 November 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal