James Harold O'CONNOR

O'CONNOR, James Harold

Service Number: VX20159
Enlisted: 31 May 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born: Linton, Victoria, Australia , 4 March 1905
Home Town: Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farm Labourer
Died: Illness, Borneo, 11 April 1945, aged 40 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia Panel 19
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Bendigo Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, VX20159
31 May 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX20159, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion

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Biography contributed by Gary Hockley

Son of Charles Patrick and Margaret Winifred O'Connor, of Meatian, Victoria.