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CONNOR, James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 587 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 January 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Leeds, England, 12 April 1870 |
| Home Town: | Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Beaufort State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Railway Employee |
| Died: | Caulfield Military Hospital, Victoria, Australia, 20 January 1929, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Church Of England M, Grave 2331 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 587, 21st Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 587, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 587, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Aug 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 587, 21st Infantry Battalion, Alexandria, Egypt, per HMT Southland to join MEF, Gallipoli | |
| 7 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 587, 21st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, 3rd Field Ambulance to 1st Casualty Clearing Station to hospital, influenza. Per Hospital Ship Nevasa, evacuated to St. George Hospital, Malta. 27 November, admitted County of London War Hospital, Epsom, enteritis. | |
| 24 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 587, 21st Infantry Battalion, Embarked Plymouth, England per HMAT Euripides for return to Australia. 8 August, 1916, disembarked Melbourne | |
| 19 Sep 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 587, 21st Infantry Battalion, C Company Discharged militarily unfit |
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CONNOR. — On the 20th January, at Caulfield Military Hospital, James Connor, late A.I.F., 21st Batt., of 34 Kerferd road, Albert Park, beloved husband of Agnes Connor, and loving father of Percy, Jim, Janie (Mrs. Aburrow), Bella, Stewart, Dug, and Bob (deceased), aged 60 years.
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