Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Geelong, Victoria |
Occupation | Journalist |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 42 |
Height | 5' 8.5" |
Weight | 148 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Frances Connor |
Previous military service | Served 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 date | |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 20th Battalion, B Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/37/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 20th Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Age at death from cemetery records | 43 |
Place of burial | Estaires 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 details | Name does not appear on Embarkation Roll. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, CONNOR John Wright |