O'CONNOR, Thomas Joseph
| Service Numbers: | 1023, 86311 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 June 1915, Liverpool, New south Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Special Services AIF |
| Born: | Dublin, Ireland, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Liverpool, Fairfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk/Auctioneer |
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World War 1 Service
| 4 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1023, Liverpool, New south Wales | |
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| 30 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1023, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1023, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 2 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 1023, Desert Mounted Corps Headquarters | |
| 9 Sep 1919: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 86311, Special Services AIF, Sydney, New South Wales | |
| 24 Feb 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 86311, Special Services AIF |
Family details
My great-uncle, Thomas ("Toddie") O'Connor, was born in Dublin, Ireland, about 1885. He was a clerk, his father was a butcher and his brother, Peter John, was a cattle dealer who enlisted with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and was awarded a Military Cross at the Somme.
Thomas enlisted in the 12th Light Horse on June 4, 1915 at Liverpool, NSW, and stated his previous military service as 18 months with the Royal Irish Lancers. Family lore was that he was killed in France but this does not appear to be the case. The family has no information about his life after World War I.
-- Peter O'Connor
Submitted 7 March 2016 by Peter O'Connor
Biography
After discharge, reinlisted for additional duty at Sydney with the AIF "Special Services" - A guard of enemy deportees transported out of Australia