O'CONNOR, William John
| Service Number: | NX17242 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 May 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Valley Heights, NSW, 6 November 1915 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Head injury due to fall during altercation, General Condord Hosptial, Sydney, Australia, 5 April 1944, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales T B 5, Sydney War Cemetery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX17242 | |
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| 24 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX17242, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
DRIVER OF TAXI ACQUITTED
Chris Malus, 39, taxi driver, was acquitted in the Quarter Sessions yesterday of a charge of the manslaughter of William John O'Connor, soldier. It was alleged that during an altercation over the hire of his taxi-cab, Malus assaulted O'Connor, causing him to fall. O'Connor died in a military hospital from a fractured skull about five dsivs later. It was alleged that while Malus was in his stationary taxi-cab in Glebe Point Road, near Francis Street, Glebe, on March 31, O'Connor approached and sought to hire the cab. When told by Malus that he was walting for his father-in-law, and could not accept him as a passenger. O'Connor, it was alleged, became abusive, and struck Malus twice on the mouth. Malus, who pleaded not guilty, denied the assault, and said that after O'Connor struck him he pushed him
away and he fell. When told by the police that O Connor had died, Malus said he was very sorry, and cried.
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