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O'CONNOR, Maurice John
(Service number 82262)

Aliases
First Rank		Last Rank	Corporal

Birth

Date	23 June 1888	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	1 October 1917	Age	29 years 2 months
Address at Enlistment	N.Z. Railways, Hornby
Occupation	Signalman
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married Ethel Florence SQUIRE on 22 November 1916 at St Andrews.
Next of Kin	Mrs Ethel O'CONNOR (wife), Hornby, Canterbury
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 9 inches. Weight 154 lbs. Chest measurement 33-38 inches. Complexion medium. Eyes grey. Hair dark. Eyes both 6/6. Hearing and colour vision normal. Limbs and chest well formed. Full movement of joints. Heart and lungs normal. Free from hernia, Varicocele, Varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Good bodily and mental health. No slight defects. No fits. No notification of consumption. No treatment in a sanatorium or mental institution. No absences from work through ill health or accident.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

Date	22 November 1918	Reason

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Death

Date	17 July 1979	Age
Place of Death	Wellington
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Biographical Notes

Maurice John O'CONNOR was the son of John and Mary O'CONNOR. He educated at St Andrews and Springbrook schools. Maurice married Ethel Florence SQUIRE at St Andrews on 22 November 1916. He was listed on the Reserve Rolls in 1916 and then drawn in the ballot in 1917 while employed as a railway porter at Culverden. On 1 October 1917 he was classified medically fit for service beyond the seas. When he enlsted he was working as a signalman for NZ Railways at Hornby. Maurice was demobilised on leave without pay from Trentham on 22 November 1918, after 159 days of service in New Zealand. His brother, Maurice John O'CONNOR, served in New Zealand in WWI and his brother-in-law, Albert Hugh HANSON, also served in WWI.

Sources

NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5349 0087694) [04 December 2014]; School Admission Registers (Waimate Branch NZSG) [04 December 2014]; NZ BDM (DIA historical records) [2014]

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Teresa Scott, NZSG

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