Eric Richard CONOLLY

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Service Numbers:	2337, 2337A
Enlisted:	11 May 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia, 19 August 1893
Home Town:	Darlington Point, Murrumbidgee Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Ourimba Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 26 July 1916, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

11 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2337, Liverpool, New South Wales
14 Jul 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2337, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
14 Jul 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2337, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney
26 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2337A, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2337A awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-26

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Son of Octavious B.E. and Maude M Conolly of Shire Office, Darlington Point, NSW

28 April 1916 - to hospital with Mumps

24 May 1916 - rejoined unit from hospital

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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