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Daniel O'CONNELL

Regimental number2776
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationButcher
AddressErskineville, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation37
Height5' 6.5"
Weight138 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Eva Caroline O'Connell, Ada Villa, Erskineville Road, Erskineville, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date15 July 1916
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name45th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/62/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 7 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll45th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 16 July 1917
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Robert and Sandra Crofts
Discharge date13 March 1918
Other details

War service: Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Kanowna', 16 July 1917; disembarked Sydney, 13 September 1917; discharged (medically unfit: wounded: gun shot wound, left leg), 13 March 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death14 March 1953
Age at death73
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis (R.C. Sec. 8, 967), Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, O'CONNELL Daniel

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