Edward Bede O'CONNELL

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Service Number:	6827
Enlisted:	5 October 1916, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia, 1898
Home Town:	Coonamble, Coonamble, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 9 February 1980, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Pinegrove Memorial Park & Crematorium, N.S.W.
Memorials:

5 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6827, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW
8 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6827, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
8 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6827, 1st Infantry Battalion, SS Port Nicholson, Sydney
18 Mar 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6827, 1st Infantry Battalion, Gassed. Embarked for England on 30 March 1918 aboard HS Newhaven
23 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6827, 1st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to blindness in the right eye

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Address at the the time of enlistment was given as Greenvale, Coonamble, NSW.

Son of John O'Connell and Mary O'Connell of Eumungerie, NSW.

Brother of Daniel O'Connell who returned to Australia on 12 March 1920 having served with the 4th Motor Transport Company.

Next of kin given as a friend Katherine O'Moore

Commenced return to Australia on 9 December 1918 aboard HT Leicestershire disembarking on 22 January 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1924c Edward married Maggie Maher in Sydney, NSW