Roy Roderick O'CONNOR

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Service Number:	1880
Enlisted:	27 January 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 27 January 1896
Home Town:	Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Upholsterer
Died:	Wounds, France, 27 July 1916, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension Plot V, Row E, Grave 39. Headstone inscription reads: R.I.P. Rev. S.J. Gosling officiated
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston Cenotaph

27 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1880, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
19 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1880, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
19 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1880, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle
25 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1880, 12th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the arm, later amputated.

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Son of Daniel John O'Connor and Isabella Bridget, O'Connor nee Stubbs of Sandren Street, Launceston, Tasmania.

Served his upholstery apprenticeship with W. Coogan for three years

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal