Victor David O'CONNOR

O'CONNOR, Victor David

    Service Numbers: 1904, 5948
    Enlisted: 6 January 1915
    Last Rank: Warrant Officer Class 2
    Last Unit: 25th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia , 4 June 1896
    Home Town: Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland
    Schooling: Queentown Public School and School of Mines, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
    Occupation: Fitter; Engineers Apprentice
    Died: Wounds, France, 2 September 1918, aged 22 years
    Cemetery: Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension
    Plot III, Row C, Grave 26, Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Peronne, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Charters Towers Queenton State School Roll of Honour, Charters Towers Richmond Hill Teachers and Ex-Pupils Great War Honour Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    6 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1904, 9th Infantry Battalion
    12 Mar 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant
    16 Apr 1915: Involvement Private, 1904, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
    16 Apr 1915: Embarked Private, 1904, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
    6 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1904, Fracture of radius left arm
    6 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1904, Aged 18 years 6 months
    2 Feb 1916: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1904, 9th Infantry Battalion, Invalided to Australia. Embarked ex Suez 31/10/15 'Aeneas'. Disembarked Melbourne 26/11/15.
    3 Jun 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5948, 25th Infantry Battalion, Reenlisted at Charters Towers Appointed to 16/25th Battalion
    21 Oct 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5948, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: ''
    5 May 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5948, 25th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), Rejoined unit 19/5/17
    27 Oct 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major
    10 Nov 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, Wounded in Action #2 Rejoined unit 12/1/18
    18 Jun 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 5948, 3rd Wounded in Action but remained on duty
    20 Jul 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 5948, 4th Wounded in Action Rejoined unit 24/8/18.
    2 Sep 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 2, 5948, 25th Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, 5th Wounded in Action Died of wounds in the field.
    2 Sep 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 5948, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5948 awm_unit: 25 Battalion awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1918-09-02

    Victor David O'Connor Diary

    Victor David O’Connor
    4 June 1896 – 2 Sept. 1918

    1904 Sgt 1915
    5948 CSM 1916-18

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    Submitted 5 January 2019 by Adrian O'Connor

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    Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

    • Enlisted as 1904 Private in the 9th Battalion on 6 January 1915, Wounded at Gallpoli and returned to Australia as a Sergeant  31 August 1915

     

    • Re enlisted as 5948 Sergeant with  25th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement on 5 June 1916 
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