Timothy O'CONNOR

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Service Number:	1554
Enlisted:	25 January 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	County Cork, Ireland, 8 September 1883
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Pearler
Died:	Albany, Western Australia, 24 January 1976, aged 92 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Allambie Park Cemetery, Albany, Western Australia Roman Catholic A, Grave 131
Memorials:

25 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1554, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Perth, WA
22 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1554, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
22 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1554, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Itonus, Fremantle
3 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1554, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounds to lets and left arm which was later amputated. Transferred to HS Nevasa for England
12 Mar 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1554, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District as wounded-left arm amputated

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Son of Timothy O'Connor and Mary Ellen O'Connor of Ireland.

Next of kin given as his cousin Mary Lane of Harbour Row, Queenstown Cork, Ireland.

Commenced return to Australia on 12 November 1916 aboard HT Wiltshire disembarking on 31 December 1916

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

During 1917c Timothy married Christina Mary Chisholm in Maylands, WA