John Peter O'CONNOR

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Service Number:	21387
Enlisted:	14 September 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	11th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Townsville, Queensland, Australia , 8 June 1891
Home Town:	Nundah, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Mechanic
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 27 July 1926, aged 35 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Nudgee Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane Plot reads, A-07-17. Commemorated in the QLD Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

14 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 21387, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
11 May 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 21387, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
11 May 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 21387, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
9 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , In Trance
5 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 21387, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Wounds to both legs. Invalided to England on 11 April 1918
26 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 21387, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to gas poisoning

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Son of John O'Connor and Ellen O'Connor nee Walsh of Buckby Street, Nundah, QLD

Commnced return to Australia on 12 December 1916 aboard HS Nester disembarking on 1 February 1917 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal