John Joseph O'CONNOR

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Service Number:	4566
Enlisted:	21 September 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	12th Light Trench Mortar Battery
Born:	Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Ararat, Ararat, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engine Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 8 June 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, Panel 31
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

21 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4566, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
2 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion, From 5th Battalion, at Serapeum
4 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Light Trench Mortar Battery, From 46th Battalion, in the field
28 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 4566, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 4566, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
8 Jun 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 4566, 12th Light Trench Mortar Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4566 awm_unit: 12th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-06-08

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Son of Thomas Edward O'Connor of High Street, Ararat, Victoria.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal