John Arthur O'CONOR

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Service Number:	51214
Enlisted:	5 December 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia, 20 April 1893
Home Town:	Bondi Junction , New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Musician
Died:	Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 20 December 1960, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Cremated at Rookwood Cemetery, NSW. Ashes placed in Forces Memorial Wall
Memorials:

5 Dec 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 51214, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
19 Jun 1918:	Involvement Private, 51214, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Field Marshal embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
19 Jun 1918:	Embarked Private, 51214, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, SS Field Marshal, Sydney
26 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Infantry Battalion, At Sutton Veny, from Reinforcements
16 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 51214, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of James Thomas O'Conor and Esther Ellen O'Conor of Waverly, NSW.

Husband of Ina May O'Conor of Broughton Street, Paddington, NSW. John and Ina married during 1918c in Sydney, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 6 July 1919 aboard HT Boorara disembarking on 26 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medal: British War Medal