O'CONNOR, Patrick
| Service Number: | 1663 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 January 1916, Enlisted at Mundooran, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Echuca, Victoria, Australia, August 1884 |
| Home Town: | Collie, Warren Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Tuberculosis, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 14 July 1940 |
| Cemetery: |
Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Ryde, New South Wales Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: | Gilgandra District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1663, 45th Infantry Battalion , Enlisted at Mundooran, NSW | |
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| 14 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1663, 45th Infantry Battalion , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1663, 45th Infantry Battalion , HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 8 Feb 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1663, 45th Infantry Battalion , Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to pleurisy with effusion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William O'Connor and Caroline Mary O'Connor nee Royal of Collie, NSW formerly of Echuca, Victoria.
Brother of Michael O'Connor who returned to Australia on 9 June 1917 having served with the 45th Battalion; Edward (Edmund) Joseph O'Connor who returned to Australia on 17 November 1919 having served with the 1st Pioneer Battalion and George William O'Connor who was killed in action on 7 June 1917 while serving with the 45th Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears on Menin Gate, Ypres, Panel 27.
Commenced return to Australia on 24 August 1918 aboard HT Medic disembarking on 13 October 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1920c Patrick married Olive P. Paton in Gilgandra, NSW