Michael O'CONNELL

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Service Number:	1335
Enlisted:	21 July 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 1877
Home Town:	Meekatharra, Meekatharra, Western Australia
Schooling:	Brunswick State School, Victoria
Occupation:	Miner & Station Hand
Died:	Wounds, Advanced Dressing Station, 15th Australian Field Ambulance, Belgium, 19 October 1917
Cemetery:	Birr Cross Roads Cemetery Plot 1V, Row D, Grave 4
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

21 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1335, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
21 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1335, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 1335, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 1335, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
19 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1335, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the side of the neck
19 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1335, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Multiple shell wounds

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Son of Daniel O'Connell and Ellen O'Connell nee Nash of Brunswick, Victoria.

Next of kin given as his brother John O'Connell of Pindar, WA.

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