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John Wright CONNOR

Date of birth17 April 1873
Place of birthGeelong, Victoria
OccupationJournalist
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation42
Height5' 8.5"
Weight148 lbs
Next of kinWife, Frances Connor
Previous military serviceServed for 3 years 6 months in the Victorian Mounted Rifles (6 months as Corporal); Prov. Mounted Police, 6 months (Sergeant); South African Constabulary, 3 years (Sergeant Major).
Enlistment date5 May 1915
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name20th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/37/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 25 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 6 May 1916
Age at death from cemetery records43
Place of burialEstaires Communal Cemetery and Extension (Plot II, Row M, Grave No 11), nr Armentieres, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Rebecca CONNOR; Wife: Frances Connor, 36 Bonner Avenue, Steyne, Manly, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Promoted Lieutenant, 26 August 1915.

Transferred to B Company, 20th Bn, Gallipoli, 22 September 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria from Mudros, 9 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 25 March 1916.

Wounded in action, 5 May 1916 (gun shot wound, right kidney), and admitted to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station.

Died of wounds, 6 May 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsName does not appear on Embarkation Roll.
SourcesNAA: B2455, CONNOR John Wright

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