LEST WE FORGET
Corporal Arthur James O’CONNOR
Service No: 40328
Born: Mildura VIC, 25 March 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 6 May 1941
Unit: No. 4 Fighter Sector, Port Moresby PNG
Died: Ground Accident, Port Moresby, 25 July 1942, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery PNG
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Norton O’Connor and Jessie Dorothy O’Connor, of Mildura, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Mildura VIC
Remembered: Panel 112, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 25 July 1942, Corporal O’Connor, a Clerk General, died from accidental gunshot wounds.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/148/263