Thomas O'CONNOR

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Service Numbers:	5013, 1256
Enlisted:	20 October 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Born:	Milltown, ireland, 21 January 1875
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

20 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 5013, 1st Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
17 Dec 1915:	Embarked Driver, 5013, 1st Field Company Engineers, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
17 Dec 1915:	Involvement Driver, 5013, 1st Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
16 Oct 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 5013, 1st Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to hernia
4 Feb 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1256, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Enlisted a Sydney, NSW
6 Feb 1918:	Embarked Private, 1256, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, SS Morinda, Sydney
6 Feb 1918:	Involvement Private, 1256, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Morinda embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
30 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1256, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Address at the time of enlistment was Greenhill Hotel, Goulburn Street, Sydney, NSW.

Next of kin given as his brother Daniel Charles O'Connor of Coolrae, Killorglum, County Kerry, Ireland.

Commenced return to Australia on 10 July 1916 aboard HT Clan MacGillvray disembarking on 14 August 1916

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Returned from Rabaul aboard SS Melusia on 14 June 1919