John Joseph O'CONNOR

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Service Number:	514
Enlisted:	25 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Limerick, Ireland, 1872
Home Town:	West Maitland, Maitland, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Signwriter
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 30 April 1915
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Special Memorial, Row A, Grave 17 Headstone inscription reads: Their glory shall not be blotted out, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

25 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 514, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Sergeant, 514, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Sergeant, 514, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
30 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 514, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 514 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-04-30

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Address at the time of enlistment was 304 High Street, West Maitland, NSW

Husband of Gertrude O'Connor of 32 Goodair Street, Rozelle, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal