William Arthur CONNELLY

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CONNELLY, William Arthur

Service Number:	612
Enlisted:	9 March 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Myer's Flat, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	St. Liborius's R.C. School Eaglehawk
Occupation:	Brewer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 2 May 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sailors Gully Eaglehawk North State School No. 1428 Honor Roll The Great War, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

9 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 612, 24th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
10 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion, Embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 612, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 612, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
2 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 612, 24th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of Michael and Mrs L Connelly, 81 Queen Street, Bendigo, Victoria

Mrs. L. Connelly, of Edward-street, Bendigo, has received news that her son, Private William Arthur Connelly, has been killed in action in France. Private Connelly, who was 24 years of age, and a native of Myers' Flat, was educated at St. Liborius's R.C. School, Eaglehawk. For eleven years he was employed at Stewards' Brewery, and on coming to Bendigo to reside he entered the employment of Hunter Bros. Private Connelly sailed with reinforcements on the 8th May, 1915, and saw service at Gallipoli. He was wounded at Lone Pine, but made a good reoovery. His mother, two brothers, and a sister (Mrs.. Scott, of Neilborough), survive him.

CONNELLY. — In loving memory of our dear son and brother. Pte. William Arthur Connelly, killed in action some where in France. May 2, 1917. Aged 24 years.
Our thoughts oft wander to a soldiers honored grave,
Your name is often spoken of in the home you died to save.
For our hearts are still united with the same fond love for you.
And loving thoughts are cherished of the one so brave and true.
— Inserted bv his loving mother. 59 Edward St., Bendigo; brothers Jack and Percy; sister Mrs. Scott, and family. Neilborough : sister-in-law, Mrs. J. Connelly, and family, Tasmania.

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