Michael O'CONNOR

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Service Numbers:	1512, 1605
Enlisted:	20 November 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 June 1915
Cemetery:	Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 11, Row D, Grave 30 Headstone inscription reads: So dearly loved, Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

20 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1512, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1605, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1605, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Sydney
6 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1512, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1512 awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-06-06

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Son of Michael and Margaret O'Connor of Melbourne, Victoria. Next of kin given as his sister Ellen Drummond of Newmarket, Victoria

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