O'CONNOR, Daniel Andrew
| Service Numbers: | 6866, 6866A |
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| Enlisted: | 27 July 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sunbury, Victoria, Australia, 22 September 1892 |
| Home Town: | Kew, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Postman |
| Died: | Tuberculosis, Kew, Victoria, Australia, 13 April 1919, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1, Kew War Memorial, Postmaster General's Department Victoria 2 |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jul 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6866, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 21 Nov 1917: | Involvement Private, 6866A, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Nov 1917: | Embarked Private, 6866A, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ross Martin
Daniel Andrew O'CONNOR was born at Sunbury, Victoria on 22/9/1892.
He joined the AIF on 27/7/1917 at Melbourne. He was working for the PMG's Dept as a Postman at Hawthorn, Victoria. Daniel was 5ft 8in tall, weighed 120lbs and had brown eyes and black hair.
His next of kin was his mother, Johanna O'Connor of 43 Denmark Street Kew. His father Patrick had died in 1910.
Daniel left Australia as part of the 22nd Battalion on 17/11/1917 aboard the HMAT Nestor.
He appeared to suffer illness and was in hospital in the UK not long after arrival.
In January 1918 he was diagnosed to be suffering with TB and after hospital treatment was returned to Australia arriving on 4/9/1918.
He was admitted to the Macleod Military Hospital, Melbourne and was discharged from the army on 19/2/1919.
He lived with family at 13 Gladestone Street Kew and he died at this address on 13/4/1919.
His mother, Johanna O'Connor died just over a month later on 23/5/1919.