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O'CONNOR, Daniel (Augustine)
(Service number 24397)

Headstone of Daniel O'Connor, Sailly-au-Bois, 2013 — (Courtesy of M Hutching )

Sailly-au-Bois cemetery, 2013 — (Courtesy of M Hutching )

Aliases
First Rank	Second Lieutenant	Last Rank	Second Lieutenant

Birth

Date	13/09/1889	Place of Birth	Albury, N.Z.

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	High School, Timaru
Occupation	Schoolmaster
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Mrs D. O'CONNOR (wife), "Thelma", Theodocia Street, Timaru
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	22nd Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Date	16 February 1917
Transport	Navua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Devonport, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals	Western European 1917; & other
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	2 May 1918	Age
Place of Death
Cause	Killed in action, in the Field
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Sailly-au-Bois Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Memorial Reference	I. E. 5.
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Hazelburn War Memorial, South Canterbury; Timaru Boys High School War Memorial (Library); St Joseph's Church, Temuka

Biographical Notes

Son of Maurice & Elizabeth (nee SCANLAN?) O'CONNOR, of Hazelburn. Married Jean Tannahill IVERACH, 8 Aug 1916, Featherston, of Epworth, Temuka (b. 1893, d. 1974). Brother of Michael Bernard O'CONNOR killed in action 1918 & William also served. Story - see separate file.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [03 August 2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5549 0087703) [04 August 2013]; CWGC [03 August 2013]; Brothers, Lieutenant Michael Bernard (Dick) and Lieutenant Daniel Augustine O'Connor - by Mary Hutching (niece) (copy attached) [per findmypast.com; 04 August 2013].

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