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O'CONNOR, Robert William
(Service number 62880)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Electrician
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	John O'CONNOR (father), Regent Street, Timaru
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Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	34th Reinforcements Specialist Company
Date	8 February 1918
Transport	Ulimaroa
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Liverpool, England

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Biographical Notes

Robert William O'CONNOR. Robert was one of more than 800 men who arrived back in New Zealand on 17 September 1919 per the Port Hacking.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [04 August 2013]; Timaru Herald, 11 August 1919 (Papers Past) [06 September 2014]

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