New Zealand Tunnellers

Unit

5th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37668

About

Born in Ireland

20 March 1875

Parents

Mother

Nora O'Connor

Father

John O'Connor

Settled in New Zealand

1905

Residence

Hometown

Whangamomona

Work

Occupation

Labourer

Employer

New Zealand Government

Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

World War I (1914-1918)

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Died at the age of 54

19 September 1929

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5549 93/0087751, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.62, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 40.

Anthony Byledbal, “William O'Connor (1875-1929)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/640