Thomas O'CONNOR

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Service Number:	2691
Enlisted:	30 December 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kensington, South Australia, 1878
Home Town:	Peterborough (Formerly Petersburg), South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Port Pirie, South Australia, 13 August 1964, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Peterborough Cemetery, SA Roman Catholic, Row 1, Grave 4. Catholic Minister, Father Lonergan officiated
Memorials:	Peterborough War Memorial

30 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2691, 48th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
25 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 2691, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 2691, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Adelaide
25 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion, From 48th Battalion
8 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2691, 47th Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wound to the leg
26 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, From 47th Battalion
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Private, 2691, 48th Infantry Battalion
6 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2691, 48th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District
Date unknown:	Wounded 2691, 47th Infantry Battalion

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Next of kin given as his sister Annie Spender of Wirrabarra, SA.

Commenced return to Australia on 12 May 1919 aboard HT Port Napier disembarking on 29 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal