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O'CONNOR, David
(Service number 47176)

St Josephs Parish memorial, Temuka — (Courtesy of L Naughton )

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	23 November 1893	Place of Birth	Ireland

Enlistment Information

Date	24 January 1917	Age	24 yrs 2 mths
Address at Enlistment	Elloughton Grange, Timaru
Occupation	Teamster
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Daniel O'CONNOR (father), Glenmeagh, Kilkean, County Cork, Ireland. Initially, Mrs M. McDONALD (cousin), Albury, S. Canty
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Pleurisy 4 years ago. Varicose veins below knees Previously rejected for Service because of this)..

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	25th Reinforcements, G Company
Date	26 April 1917
Transport	Turakina
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Plymouth, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion, 3rd

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	12 October 1917	Age	27 yrs
Place of Death
Cause	Killed in action, in the Field
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Memorial Reference	NZ Apse, Panel 7
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; St Joseph's Church, Temuka; Temuka War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Son of Daniel & Mary (nee MURPHY) O'CONNOR, Glenmeagh (Glenseagh), Kilkean (Kiskearn), Banteer, County Cork, Ireland

Sources

Cenotaph Database [04 August 2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5549 0087627) [27 August 2013]; CWGC [30 Aug 2013]

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