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O'CONNELL, Joseph Patrick
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1253 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 September 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 31 March 1889 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | North Beach, Perth, Western Australia, 12 February 1947, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Roman Catholic, Section KA, Grave 0453 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1253, 2nd Stationary Hospital (AIF), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 14 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1253, 2nd Stationary Hospital (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1253, 2nd Stationary Hospital (AIF), HMAT Kyarra, Fremantle | |
| 12 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Field Ambulance, From 2nd Stationary Hospital | |
| 29 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , Originally destined for 21st Machine Gun Company but redirected to 1st Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 23 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1253, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , Discharged at the 5th Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Patrick O'Connell and Catherine Theresa O'Connell nee Duggan of Collin Street, Kalgoorlie, WA.
Commenced return to Australia on 8 October 1918 aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking on 25 November 1918
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1930c Joseph married Margaret Anne Quinn in Subiaco, WA.