O'CONNOR  W.M.

Given Names:  William Maurice

               

Service Number:  4282

Unit:  6th Battalion, 13th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  33 Yrs  8 Mths

Occupation:  Leatherworker                                                                                            

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Roman Catholic

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  9½ In                  

Weight:  140 Lbs

Chest:  33½-35 In

Hair:  Black

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Ruddy

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  18/8/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Johanna O'Connor

43 Denmark Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                     

Embarkation Date:  29/12/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Demosthenes A64

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Kanowna

Embarked:  9/9/1916                                 

Disembarked:  28/10/1916

Unit:  6th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  1/12/1916                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  32302

Victory Medal:  32060

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1882

Place:  Leichhardt, Victoria                      

Father:  Patrick Martin O'CONNOR           

Mother:  Johanna McGEE

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 5/11/1957                          

Place: ,           

Burial:  ,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Tuberculosis (lung)

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary