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O'CONNOR, George Patrick
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6120 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 May 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia, 1878 |
| Home Town: | Goondiwindi, Goondiwindi, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Manager |
| Died: | Five Dock, New South Wales, Australia, 10 July 1931, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Roman Catholic, Section M2, Row 9, Grave 3449 |
| Memorials: | Goondiwindi War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6120, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6120, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6120, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6120, 19th Infantry Battalion, Severe wound to the back. Embarked for England on 23 April 1917 aboard HS Princes Elizabeth | |
| 1 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1 | |
| 29 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Field Ambulance | |
| 11 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6120, 7th Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George P. O'Connor and Ellen O'Connor of Sydney, NSW.
Address at the time of enlistment was given as Rugby Station, Goondiwindi, QLD
Next of kin given as a friend Elsie Marie Tucker nee de Reinelt of Botany Street, Waterloo, NSW. George and Elsie married during 1920c in Sydney, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 3 July 1919 aboard HT Prinz Huburtus as nursing staff disembarking on 26 August 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal