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Name: W G O'Connor. Service number: W/98415. Date of birth: 9 July 1920.
Catalogue reference: WO 427/445
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This record is about the Name: W G O'Connor. Service number: W/98415. Date of birth: 9 July 1920. dating from [1939-1963] in the series War Office: Women's Services in East Africa, Nurses and Other Ranks: Service Records. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Name: W G O'Connor.
Service number: W/98415.
Date of birth:
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- The National Archives, Kew
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War Office: Women's Services in East Africa, Nurses and Other Ranks: Service Records
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