John Edmond CONNOP

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Service Number:	3523
Enlisted:	16 March 1916
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Little River, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Little River, Wyndham, Victoria
Schooling:	Cocoroc, West Werribee, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, 17th CCS, Lijssenthoek, Belgium, 16 October 1917
Cemetery:	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XXI, Row L, Grave No. 8
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lara and District Memorial Gates, Little River Pictorial Honour Roll, Little River Roll of Honor WW1, Werribee Shire Great War Roll of Honor, Werribee War Memorial

16 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
1 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 3523, 29th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
1 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 3523, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
2 Mar 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3523, 29th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, SW to buttocks/back. Evacuated to UK. Rejoined unit 1 August 1917.
26 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3523, 29th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood
4 Oct 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 29th Infantry Battalion, France
15 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3523, 29th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, SW. Evacuated to 17th CCS at Lijssenthoek, where he died of his wounds the next day 16 October 1917.
16 Oct 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 3523, 29th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3523 awm_unit: 29th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-16

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