Daniel Patrick O'CONNOR

O'CONNOR, Daniel Patrick

Service Numbers: 21, 48
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
Born: Killarney, Ireland, 1881
Home Town: Bulimba, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Ironworker
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Corporal, 21, 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 48, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
18 May 1900: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 48, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900.
10 Aug 1901: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 48, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901.
19 May 1902: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 21, 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 530 notes 7th BACH embarked at Pinkenba 19 May 1902 aboard Custodian arriving Durban 22 Jun 1902.
9 Aug 1902: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 21, 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 530 notes peace having been declared 7th BACH embarked at Durban 28 Jun 1902 aboard Manchester Merchant returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 2 Aug 1902, disbanded 9 Aug 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Daniel Patrick O'Connor served twice in the South African (Boer) War, first as a Private S.N. 48 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, and second as a Corporal S.N. 21 in the 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse (source AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 480 & 531).

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Timothy O'CONNOR, Bulimba, Qld.