Arthur Henry O'CONNOR

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Service Number:	9566
Enlisted:	12 September 1917, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 14 February 1889
Home Town:	Queenstown, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Mytle Bank, South Australia, 2 June 1947, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia Grave AX. Commemorated with a plaque in the SA Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Rosewater Womens Memorial Roll of Honour WW1

12 Sep 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 9566, Tunnelling Companies, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
28 Feb 1918:	Involvement Sapper, 9566, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
28 Feb 1918:	Embarked Sapper, 9566, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
20 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), From Tunnelling Companies
3 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 9566, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Gassed.
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Sapper, 9566
5 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 9566, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 4th Military District

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Son of Arthur O'Connor and Rose Anne O'Connor nee McCarthey of Adelaide, SA

Husband of Charlotte Ivy O'Connor nee Ryder of New Street, Queenstown, SA. Arthur and Charolotte married on 13 July 1914 in the Priory, Yatala, SA

Commenced return to Australia on 19 August 1919 aboard HT Ajana disembarking on 9 October 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Adelaide

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal