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O'CONNOR, Daniel
(Service number 11/111)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank	Trooper

Birth

Date	05/10/1888	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	14 August 1914	Age	26 years
Address at Enlistment	Central Fire Station, Palmerston North
Occupation	Carrier
Previous Military Experience	South Canterbury Mounted Rifles (1907-1910)
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs B. O'CONNOR, Leghorn Street, Port Ahuriri, Napier
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 9 inches. Weight 150 lbs. Chest measurement 35-37 inches. Normal physical development. Complexion light. Eyes blue. Hair medium light brown. Sight, hearing and colour vision all good. Limbs and chest well formed. Full movement of joints. Heart and lungs normal. Teeth good. Free from hernia, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Never vaccinated. Good bodily and mental health. Varicocele (left).

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Wellington Mounted Rifles
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Orari or Arawa
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Wellington Mounted Rifles

Military Awards

Campaigns	Gallipoli
Service Medals	1914-15 Star; 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	9 August 1915	Age
Place of Death	Gallipoli, Turkey
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
Memorial Reference	Panel 3
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

This Daniel O'CONNOR (11/111) was born at Timaru in 1888, the son of Maurice and Bridget (nee GORMAN) O'CONNOR. His father Maurice died in 1906; his mother Bridget was later of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, with Daniel's sister, Sarah Jane O'CONNOR, who married Herbert Gregory PLOWMAN in 1916 and was living in Hastings. Several of the family lived in the Hawke's Bay district. Daniel spent over eight years at Gleniti School before going out to work in 1902 at the age of 14. He served in the South Canterbury Mounted Rifles from 1907 until 1910. He was among the first to enlist for service for their country. At the time he was employed as a carrier at the Central Fire Station in Palmerston North. He embarked for the Dardanelles on 9 May 1915. Exactly three months later it was reported that Daniel had been missing from Anzac Cove since 8 August 1915. As the result of a Court of Enquiry (23 January 1916) it was established that he had been killed in action on 9 August 1915 at Gallipoli. He left no Will. In March 1916 the Public Trustee was advised that approximately 20 pounds 5 shillings of pay was due to his estate. His medals were sent to his mother at Hastings. His brother, Michael O'CONNOR (69875) also served in WWI.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [04 December 2014); CWGC [04 December 2014]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5549 0087623) [04 December 2014]; Otago Daily Times, 3 September 1915, Timaru Herald, 3 September 1915, Manawatu Times, 4 September 1915, New Zealand Herald, 26 January 1916 (Papers Past) [04 December 2014]; School Admission Registers (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [2013]

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Teresa Scott, NZSG

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