O'CONNOR, Kenneth Malcolm
| Service Number: | 18362 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 February 1917, at Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Summer Hill, Ashfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
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World War 1 Service
| 26 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 18362, at Sydney | |
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| 31 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 18362, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 18362, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Kenneth Malcolm O'Connor was born in Moss Vale New South Wales. He was an apprentice printer engineer before enlisting in 1917. Because he was so young, he had no previous military experience before joining the war. His father was Alferd O'Connor. Kenneth enlisted on the 15 of March 1917. He left Sydney on the 31st of October 1917. The on the 26 of December 1917 he left Devonport to go to France. When he arrived in France, he was sent to reinforce the 8th field ambulance. While he was serving the unit moved around a lot.
The main role of a field ambulance was to be the first to treat the wounded from the front line. They were mainly there to treat soldiers who were sent off the front line. If a soldier was extremely wounded, they might send them back to Britain or another place of the frontline.
Kenneth Malcolm O’Conner would have served during the 100 days offensive. This was when the allies turned around the war-winning multiple battles leading to the victory of the allied forces. Some of the battles that occurred were the Battle of Amiens (8 - 11 August 1918), the battle of Albert 1918 (21 – 22 August 1918), and the battle of mont-st. Quentin (31 August - 3 September 1918). Each of these battles was fought around the time Kenneth was serving and in the same area.
After the war, he returned to Australia. we know that in 1956 he moved houses, whilst moving house he lost his service records. He then sent a letter asking for new papers. We also knew that he had multiple children with his wife.
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