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John Ray O'CONNELL

Regimental number848
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSchool teacher
AddressWithers Street, West Maitland, Newcastle, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Gerald O'Connell, Withers Street, West Maitland, Newcastle, New South Wales
Enlistment date5 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name36th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/53/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 13 May 1916
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll36th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 2 June 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Stated to be John Roy O'Connell on NR
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialBeacon Cemetery (Plot II, Row F, Grave No. I), Sailly-Laurette, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
126
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Gerald and Ada O'CONNELL, 2 Heighway Avenue, Ashfield, New South Wales. Native of West Wallsend, Newcastle, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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