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John O'Connell

  • Service number
    • WWI 10/879 AWMM
    • WWI 2/879a AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John AWMM
  • Surname
    O'Connell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 10/879 AWMM
    • WWI 2/879a AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    15 July 1894 AWMM Cavan, County Cavan AWMM
    Cavan, Ireland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre Aug 1914 AWMM Taumarunui, King Country, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Bernard O'Connell, Corravahan, Drung, County Cavan, Ireland AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 10/879 AWMM
    • WWI 2/879a AWMM
  • Military service
    11th Taranaki Regiment AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 6 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      158 pounds AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Blue AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Brown AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      France, 5 August 1917, foot severely scalded in cook house, admutted 2 NZGH walton, transferred to Concalescent Hospital at Hornchurch, 10 October 1917 discharged to furlough AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Service number changed from 10/879 assigned on enlistment with Wellington Infantry Battalion to 2/879a on enlistment with the New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM

Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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