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JOHN O'CONNOR

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Rank
Private
Regiment
KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY 14TH BATTALION
Military Number
235565
Address
20, GROTTO SQUARE, MASON STREET, HULL
Kingston upon Hull HU2 8BH
England
Background

BORN HULL 1899. ELDEST SON OF JOHN O'CONNER (1876-1943) & JANE ANN KAY (1878-1956), OF 2, MARVEL COURT, MARVEL STREET, HULL AND 20, GROTTO SQUARE, MASON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A ROMAN CATHOLIC FAMILY.

HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 8193, CAMBRIDGESHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/4TH KING'S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION ON 02/11/1918, AGED 19. BURIED IN FRANCE.

HE WAS UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY PENSION WENT TO HIS FATHER, JOHNAND MOTHER, JANE ANN.

HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE ST CHARLES' BORROMEO, CHURCH, WW1 MEMORIAL, JARRATT STREET, HULL.

HE IS BURIED AT AULNOY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE.

Date Died
02/11/1918
Died
AULNOY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE
Age
19
Memorial
45 Avenue de la Liberation du 4 Septembre 1944
Bailleul 59270
Hauts-de-France

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