O'CONNOR, Cornelius Patrick
| Service Number: | Q229050 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 July 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Crows Nest, Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia, 3 March 1895 |
| Home Town: | Mitchell, Maranoa, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Dalby, Queensland, Australia , 8 November 1960, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 5 Jul 1942: | Involvement Private, Q229050, Page missing from Enlistment Register | |
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| 5 Jul 1942: | Enlisted | |
| 5 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q229050, 19th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
| 21 Oct 1945: | Discharged | |
| 21 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q229050, 19th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Cornelius was the fourth of six children of Cornelius O'Connor Snr (born 1848 in Ireland) and Mary Wilson (born 1857 in Ireland). In 1887 Cornelius Snr was a Farmer at Crows Nest on the Darling Downs in QLD when he married Mary. They raised their family at Djuan, Crows Nest where Cornelius Snr was a Farmer until his death in 1922.
Cornelius was a Farmer at Mountain Camp, Crows Nest in 1925 when he married Mary Ruth Westcott (born 1899 in Mitchell, Maranoa, QLD). Cornelius' sister Ellen had married Mary's brother Roy in 1920. Cornelius and Mary settled at Miora in Mitchell, QLD where he was a Grazier. In July 1942 Cornelius enlisted in the ACMF and served as a Private (Service No:Q229050) with 19 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps Roma until his Discharge in October 1945. Brother in Law Robert (Roy) Westcott (Lance Corporal, Service No:2913) served in WWI.
By 1958 Cornelius and Mary had moved to Aviemore at Kurumbilla, Dalby, QLD where Cornelius was a Grazier until his death in 1960. Mary moved into Dalby where she died in 1987.