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Walter CONNOR

Regimental number4092
Place of birthPort Pirie, South Australia
SchoolSt. Mark's School
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationFarm labourer
AddressGertrude Street, Port Pirie, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinSister, Mrs Francis Fidge, Bruce Rock, Ker Kerin, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets
Enlistment date10 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board RMS Mongolia on 9 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 November 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialA.I.F. Burial Ground, Grass Lane (Special Memorial 15), Flers, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
111
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Rebecca O'CONNOR. Native of Port Pirie, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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