CONNELLY, Leo
| Service Number: | 4776 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 August 1915, A Coy 16th Infantry |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 14 January 1897 |
| Home Town: | Cooks Hill, Newcastle West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Cooks Hill Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Shop hand (Newcastle District Tramways) |
| Died: | Broadmeadow, New South Wales, Australia, 7 February 1983, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-41. 119. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4776, 3rd Infantry Battalion, A Coy 16th Infantry | |
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| 8 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4776, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4776, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney | |
| 28 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4776, 55th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, Medically unfit (illness) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
42 years ago today, on the 10th February 1983, Private Leo Clement Connelly, 55th Battalion (Reg No-4776), shop hand (Newcastle District Tramways), from 92 Laman Street, Cooks Hill, New South Wales and 19 Gosford Road, Broadmeadow, N.S.W., father of three (Kathleen, Mary & Leo), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 86. CATHOLIC 2-41. 119.
Born at Newcastle, New South Wales on the 14th January 1897 as CONELLY to Thomas, died 2.10.1947, Hamilton, N.S.W., age 82, buried at CATHOLIC 1-M Com. 4, from 91 Darby Street, Cooks Hill, N.S.W. and 25 Blackall Street, Hamilton, N.S.W., and Lucy (Lucena) Connelly, died 26.9.1939, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 71, sleeping at CATHOLIC 1-M Com. 4, from 91 Darby Street, Cooks Hill, N.S.W.; husband of Mary Reidena Connelly nee Martin, married 1930, Wyong, N.S.W., died 14.4.1949, Hamilton, N.S.W., age 40, sleeping here, from 19 Gosford Road, Broadmeadow, N.S.W., Leo enlisted on the 19th August 1915 with the 3rd Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star of England on the 8th March 1916.
Transferred to 55th Battalion 21.4.1916.
Admitted to hospital 9.7.1916 (influenza), 14.4.1917 (scabies), 13.2.1919 (influenza, bronchopneumonia, seriously ill), 8.6.1919 (emphysema).
Granted leave from 14.12.1917 to 30.12.1917 and 11.8.1918 to 24.8.1918.
Invalided to England 8.6.1919.
Commenced return to Australia 28.8.1919.
Leo arrived home invalided on the 26th October 1919, being discharged medically unfit on the 29th December 1919.
Mr. Connelly’s name has been inscribed on the Cooks Hill Superior Public School Roll of Honour Board 1 as L. C. CONOLLY, Newcastle District Tramway Employees Roll of Honor as L. C. CONOLLY and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at Leo’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance.
Officially commemorated – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html....
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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