Joseph O'Connor

Forenames

Joseph AWMM

Surname

O'Connor AWMM

Service number

WWI 2/917 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

14 Apr 1921 AWMM

Date of birth

24 August 1883

Public - Mary - Other relative - 22 October 2018 - Birth Certificate and Newspaper Notice (Papers Past NZ)

Place of birth

Sumner Road Lyttelton, Christchurch

Public - Mary - Other relative - 22 October 2018 - Newspaper Notice - Papers Past NZ

Birth notes

Son of Timothy O'Connor (Police Constable) and Mary O'Connor nee Neazor

Public - Mary - Other relative - 22 October 2018 - Birth Certificate - registered as Timothy Joseph

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Ohakune Public Works, Ohakune, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

W. Neazor (uncle), Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Dec 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 2/917 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 13 or HMNZT 14 or HMNZT 15 AWMM Vessel was Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter AWMM Gunner/Military AWMM New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM 2nd Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

• Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM
  Died after discharge from the NZEF from wounds inflicted or disease contracted while on active service AWMM
• Other, WWI AWMM
  Nature of Injury: T.B. of lung Percent of disability: 80 Source: New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Gunner/Military AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM

Death

14 Apr 1921 AWMM
Age  37 AWMM

Cause of death

Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Petone Catholic Cemetery, Western Hutt Road, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Spec. Memorial. AWMM

Related objects

External links

Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21381675
Further Reference

References

• Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 547
• New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%, compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent War Pensions, and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) Discharged and undischarged hospital patients, assessed as suffering permanent disability, but not yet in receipt of a pension at date (28-4-20). New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services. NZ Times Co. (Printer).