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Sydney New South Wales [36]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [19]

Cork [17]

Melbourne Victoria [16]

Dublin [13]

Brisbane Queensland [10]

Limerick [8]

Ballarat Victoria [7]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [6]

Launceston Tasmania [6]

London England [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire [5]

Charters Towers Queensland [4]

Echuca Victoria [4]

Liverpool England [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Richmond Victoria [4]

Tralee [4]

Wexford [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Carlton Victoria [3]

Deniliquin New South Wales [3]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Edinburgh Scotland [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

North Melbourne Victoria [3]

Perth Western Australia [3]

Sligo [3]

Tallygaroopna Victoria [3]

Tipperary [3]

Ballarat East Victoria [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Beaudesert Queensland [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Belfast, Down [2]

Brighton Victoria [2]

Brunswick New South Wales [2]

Bundaberg Queensland [2]

Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [2]

Clare [2]

Collingwood Victoria [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Gladstone New South Wales [2]

Greenough Western Australia [2]

Gympie Queensland [2]

Hammersmith, London [2]

Hawthorn Victoria [2]

Helidon Queensland [2]

Hesket Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1165]

Gunner [102]

Corporal [89]

Driver [85]

Serjeant [80]

Lance Corporal [60]

Sapper [47]

Captain [44]

Lieutenant [41]

Second Lieutenant [26]

Pioneer [20]

Major [13]

Worker [11]

Bombardier [10]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Company Serjeant Major [9]

Guardsman [8]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Staff Nurse [6]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Brevet Major [4]

Chaplain [4]

Nurse [4]

Rifleman [4]

Sister [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Commander [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Reverend [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Colonel [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Fitter [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Saddler [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Stoker [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [146]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [114]

Royal Engineers [109]

Royal Field Artillery [107]

Army Service Corps [100]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [82]

Royal Army Medical Corps [69]

Royal Irish Regiment [69]

Royal Garrison Artillery [64]

Irish Guards [58]

Royal Irish Rifles [52]

London Regiment [45]

Leinster Regiment [41]

Liverpool Regiment [40]

Connaught Rangers [39]

Manchester Regiment [39]

Machine Gun Corps [36]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [36]

Royal Fusiliers [32]

Northumberland Fusiliers [30]

Scottish Rifles [24]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [22]

Highland Light Infantry [21]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [21]

Middlesex Regiment [20]

Royal Defence Corps [20]

Rifle Brigade [19]

Cheshire Regiment [18]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18]

East Lancashire Regiment [17]

Royal Army Service Corps [17]

South Lancashire Regiment [16]

Essex Regiment [15]

Royal Scots [15]

South Staffordshire Regiment [15]

Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Lancashire Fusiliers [14]

Welsh Regiment [14]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13]

The Queen's Regiment [13]

West Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Army Ordnance Corps [12]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

Royal Naval Division [12]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [11]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [11]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [11]

East Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Hussars [9]

Service

British Army [1788]

Australian Imperial Force [400]

Royal Navy [162]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [127]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [105]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

O [2669]

C [3]

L [1]

S [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2582]

Merchant Navy [86]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

Ireland [3]

New Zealand [3]

India [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [36] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [19] Cork [17] Melbourne Victoria [16] Dublin [13] Brisbane Queensland [10] Limerick [8] Ballarat Victoria [7] Dublin, Suffolk, England [6] Launceston Tasmania [6] London England [6] Liverpool, Lancashire [5] Charters Towers Queensland [4] Echuca Victoria [4] Liverpool England [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Richmond Victoria [4] Tralee [4] Wexford [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Bendigo Victoria [3] Carlton Victoria [3] Deniliquin New South Wales [3] Devonport, Devon [3] Edinburgh Scotland [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] North Melbourne Victoria [3] Perth Western Australia [3] Sligo [3] Tallygaroopna Victoria [3] Tipperary [3] Ballarat East Victoria [2] Battersea, London [2] Beaudesert Queensland [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Belfast, Down [2] Brighton Victoria [2] Brunswick New South Wales [2] Bundaberg Queensland [2] Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [2] Clare [2] Collingwood Victoria [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Gladstone New South Wales [2] Greenough Western Australia [2] Gympie Queensland [2] Hammersmith, London [2] Hawthorn Victoria [2] Helidon Queensland [2] Hesket Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1165] Gunner [102] Corporal [89] Driver [85] Serjeant [80] Lance Corporal [60] Sapper [47] Captain [44] Lieutenant [41] Second Lieutenant [26] Pioneer [20] Major [13] Worker [11] Bombardier [10] Acting Serjeant [9] Company Serjeant Major [9] Guardsman [8] Lance Serjeant [8] Stoker 1st Class [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Acting Corporal [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Staff Nurse [6] Corporal 2nd [5] Able Seaman [4] Acting Bombardier [4] Brevet Major [4] Chaplain [4] Nurse [4] Rifleman [4] Sister [4] Temporary Captain [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Commander [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Reverend [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Trooper [3] Acting Captain [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Colonel [2] Deck Hand [2] Fitter [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Saddler [2] Serjeant Major [2] Stoker [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [146] Royal Munster Fusiliers [114] Royal Engineers [109] Royal Field Artillery [107] Army Service Corps [100] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [82] Royal Army Medical Corps [69] Royal Irish Regiment [69] Royal Garrison Artillery [64] Irish Guards [58] Royal Irish Rifles [52] London Regiment [45] Leinster Regiment [41] Liverpool Regiment [40] Connaught Rangers [39] Manchester Regiment [39] Machine Gun Corps [36] Royal Irish Fusiliers [36] Royal Fusiliers [32] Northumberland Fusiliers [30] Scottish Rifles [24] King's Royal Rifle Corps [22] Highland Light Infantry [21] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [21] Middlesex Regiment [20] Royal Defence Corps [20] Rifle Brigade [19] Cheshire Regiment [18] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18] East Lancashire Regiment [17] Royal Army Service Corps [17] South Lancashire Regiment [16] Essex Regiment [15] Royal Scots [15] South Staffordshire Regiment [15] Yorkshire Regiment [15] Lancashire Fusiliers [14] Welsh Regiment [14] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13] The Queen's Regiment [13] West Yorkshire Regiment [13] Army Ordnance Corps [12] Durham Light Infantry [12] Royal Naval Division [12] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [11] Royal Lancaster Regiment [11] Royal Scots Fusiliers [11] East Yorkshire Regiment [9] Hussars [9]

Service

British Army [1788] Australian Imperial Force [400] Royal Navy [162] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [127] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [105] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

O [2669] C [3] L [1] S [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2582] Merchant Navy [86]

Country

United Kingdom [26] Ireland [3] New Zealand [3] India [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

William O'connor

Born 1891

Died 1935

British Army 03100 Private Army Ordnance Corps

British Army

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Daniel Thomas Paul O'connor

Born 1896

Died 1977

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 29463 Lance Corporal 18th Reinforcements

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 29463 Corporal 18th Reinforcements

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 29463 Lance Corporal 3rd Reserve Auckland & Wellington Regiment

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Michael Francis O'connor

Born 1894

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 29642 Private 12th Reinforcements

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 29642 Private Auckland and Wellington Regiment 3rd Reserve Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 29642 Private 1st Wellington Company; NZ Base Depot

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Gerald Egbert O'connor

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 21599 Private Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William O'connor

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 4517 Private Hussars

British Army 4517 Private 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars

British Army 4517 Private Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line ( Inc. Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corp 8th (king's Royal Irish) Hussars

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Charles O'connor

Born 1891

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) F2460 and 202460 Petty Officer Mechanic / Flight Sergeant Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force, North Sea Airship 11

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Thomas O'connor

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 6146 Serjeant Liverpool Regiment

British Army 6146 Acting Serjeant Liverpool Regiment

British Army 6146 Serjeant The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 4th Battalion.

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William O'connor

Born 1880

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 440143 Sapper Canadian Engineers 3rd Tunnelling Coy

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Michael John O'connor

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 4253 Private Liverpool Scottish Regiment 1st Battalion

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John O'connor

Born 1893

Died 1967

British Army 1640 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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Richard Dominic O'connor

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Denis O'connor

Born 1883

Died 1940

British Army 1/8748 Lance Corporal Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army 1/8748 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army 1/8748 Lance Corporal Royal Munster Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Martin O'connor, M.s.m.

Born 1888

Died 1921

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1085 Flight Sergeant /Acting Sergeant Major Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1085 Serjeant Major Royal Air Force 41st Squadron.

British Army South Staffordshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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William O'connor

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 8827 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Edgar Thomas O'connor

Born 1900

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307232 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Air Force

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Cecil Edward O'connor

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 177701

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James O'connor

Born 1872

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 4190 Private Australian Infantry 28th Battalion

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Thomas O'connor

Born 1882

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Air Force

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James O'connor

Died 1915

British Army 4001 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

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James O'connor

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 139524

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