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O'Connor James Joseph
Australian
Private
38th Bn. Australian Infantry
37
Mansfield, Victoria, Australia
29 november 1917
Son of Timothy and Margaret O'Connor 
​Single
Mansfield State School
Labourer

5'8" = 1.72m
147 lbs = 66.6 kg 
Ruddy complexion
Auburn
Brown
None
Roman Catholic
Berks Cemetery Extension
Plot III , Row A , Stone 14

Military footsteps

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11 february 1916
8 march 1916
1 may 1916
28 july 1916
11 september 1916
24 september 1916
20 november 1916

​23 march 1917
​25 august 1917
26 august 1917
31 august 1917
2 september 1917
29 november 1917

Served in the South African Campaign 
Enlisted at Melbourne
Posted to the 7th Depot Bn. at Bendigo
Transferred to the 19th Coy. 6th Reinforcements at Broadmeadows
Embarked at Melbourne per HMAT ' Themistocles'
Disembarked at Plymouth 
Taken on strength 38th Bn. AIF at Larkhill Camp from 6th Training Bn. 
Struck off strength 38th Bn. AIF due to sickness​
Transferred to the 1st Signalling Coy.
Transferred to the 65th Bn. AIF at Wareham
Proceeded to France via Southampton
Marched in at the 3rd Australian Divisional Base Depot , Rouelles , France
Marched out to unit
Taken on strength 38th Bn. AIF
Reported missing in action but later confirmed killed in action

An account of his death :
' I knew Pvte. O'Connor slightly , he was instantly killed by a shell while on a ration party at Warneton on the night of the 29th november 1917.
I buried him the following day in a military cemetery behind Red Lodge .
Padre Major Howes , attached to the 40th Bn. AIF , was present at the burial .'