O’Connor, Thomas John
SURNAME
O'Connor
NAME
Thomas John
PLACE OF BIRTH
Not stated
OCCUPATION
Labourer
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
Brisbane
DATE OF ENLISTMENT
21-01-15
NEXT OF KIN
(wife) Mrs Lilian Maud O'Connor, Thompson Hotel, Mossman
LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE
Next of kin address, Mossman
REGIMENT 1
9th Battalion AIF
REGIMENT 2
9th Reinforcement
REGIMENT 3
1st Pioneer Battalion
RANK
Private
CAMPAIGN 1
Western Front
OTHER INFORMATION
Embarked HMAT Ayrshire; 9th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement; then 1st Pioneer Battalion.
STORY OUTLINE
Thomas John O'Connor, a labourer with contact address Mossman, enlisted January 1915 at Brisbane.
Fighting with the 9th Battalion in France he was hospitalised for some time from October 1916 with a severely ulcerated leg and was shipped back to Australia in February 1917.
In later years his daughter requested custody of the medals for keeping in the family line rather than her mother Lilian who had remarried.
The Defence Force acceded to this request.
SERVICE NO
2803
