O'CONNOR, Paul John
(Service number 47285)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | Unknown | Place of Birth | Longridge, Otago |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Occupation | Carpenter | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Michael O'CONNOR (father), Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 26th Reinforcements Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company | ||
| Date | 9 June 1917 | ||
| Transport | Willochra | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Devonport, England |
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| Last Unit Served With | Otago Infantry Regiment. 1st Battalion | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 3 December 1917 | Age | 30 yrs |
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| Place of Death | France | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Buttes New British Cemetery (NZ) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Basilica of the Sacred Heart; Beaconsfield/Otipua War Memorial | ||
Biographical Notes
Son of Michael & Catherine O'CONNOR, of 13 Kitchener Square, Timaru. .
Sources
Cenotaph Database [21 July 2013]; CWGC [03 August 2013]; Timaru herald, 29 December 1917 (Papers Past) [28 November 2013]
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