Catherine O'CONNOR

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O'CONNOR, Catherine

Service Number:	Q70294
Enlisted:	16 September 1941
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	General Hospitals - WW2
Born:	Crows Nest, Queensland, Australia, 28 March 1900
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Nurse
Died:	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia, 14 December 1959, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Emu Creek Cemetery, Crows Nest, Queensland, Australia
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World War 2 Service

16 Sep 1941:	Involvement Lieutenant, Q70294, on WW2NR as Q70294 only
16 Sep 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, Q70294
16 Sep 1941:	Enlisted
16 Sep 1941:	Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Senior Sister, Q70294, General Hospitals - WW2
23 Mar 1943:	Promoted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Lieutenant, General Hospitals - WW2
16 Jan 1945:	Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Lieutenant, Q70294, General Hospitals - WW2
16 Jan 1945:	Discharged
16 Jan 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, Q70294

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Catherine was the youngest of six children of Cornelius O'Connor (born 1848 in Ireland) and Mary Wilson (born 1857 in Ireland). In 1887 Cornelius was a Farmer at Crows Nest on the Darling Downs, QLD when he married Mary. They settled at Djuan, Crows Nest where they raised their family and Cornelius was a Farmer until his death in 1922.

Catherine grew up on the farm at Djuarn, Crows Nest and like her older sister Bridget, became a Nurse. Catherine was Nursing in Brisbane, QLD when she enlisted in the Australian Army Nursing Service AMF in September 1941. She was a Lieutenant (Service No:Q70294) when she was Discharged in January 1945.

Catherine continued Nursing and spent the post war years with Maternal and Child Welfare as a Nurse in Atherton, Gympie and Kingaroy, QLD. Catherine was buried with her sister Bridget at Emu Creek Cemetery in Crows Nest, QLD when she died in 1969.

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