Martin O'CONNOR

O'CONNOR, Martin

    Service Number: 1740
    Enlisted: 17 May 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool. NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 19th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 27 June 1891
    Home Town: Alexandria, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Due to war sevice, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 25 January 1932, aged 40 years
    Cemetery: Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
    Roman Catholic, Section 9, Grave 5513
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    World War 1 Service

    17 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1740, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool. NSW
    19 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 1740, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
    19 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 1740, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney
    3 May 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1740, 19th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the thigh.
    23 Jul 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1740, 19th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed. Invalided to England on 4 August 1918
    13 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1740, 19th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to gas poisoning

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Thomas O'Connor and Nora O'Connor nee Honan of Victoria Street, Alexandria, NSW.

    Commenced return to Australia on 22 December 1918 aboard HT Bakara but did not re-embark at Fremantle. on 8 February 1919 he re-embarked BaRara for onward travel to Sydney disembarking on 18 February 1919.

    Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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