Arthur Richard O'CONNOR

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O'CONNOR, Arthur Richard

Service Numbers:	1170, 2512
Enlisted:	28 September 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Steward
Died:	Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 15 June 1948, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Anglican, Section Row 15, Grave 1688
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

28 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1170
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1170, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
23 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1170, 2nd Infantry Battalion
28 Aug 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1170, 2nd Infantry Battalion
28 Aug 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2512, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Marrickville, NSW
3 Sep 1917:	Embarked Private, 2512, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
17 Jul 1919:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2512, 12th Light Horse Regiment
18 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2512, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William O'Connor and Mary O'Connor, Warder, C/- Long Bay Penitentiary, NSW formerly of Glen Innes, NSW later of Glenmore Road, Paddington, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia, first time, on 29 January 1916 due to post typhoid issues aboard HT Suffolk

Commenced return to Australia, second time, on 17 July 1919 aboard HT Dunluce Castle disembarking on 30 August 1919

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

During 1920c Arthur married Eileen Alice Morton in Paddington, NSW

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