Cecil Connolly MCKEON MM

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Service Number:	35533
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	11th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Halifax, Herbert River, Queensland, Australia, 23 August 1895
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Gatton Agricultural College, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Manager Wheat Board ret'd 31st May 1958
Died:	27 October 1969, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane
Memorials:

2 Aug 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 35533, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
2 Aug 1917:	Embarked Gunner, 35533, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Miltiades, Sydney
2 Oct 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, For Conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the attack on the HINDENBURG LINE, South of VENDHULLE, on the 29th September 1918. Owing to the heavy enemy Artillery and machine gun fire the task of laying and maintaining telephone communications was rendered almost impossible, and it was only due to Gunner McKEON's determination, grit and utter disregard to personal danger that communications were effectively maintained, thus enabling the Battery to deal with enemy movement during the Battle. signed E G Sinclair Maclagan, Major-General, Commanding 4th Australian Division.
5 Apr 2018:	Wounded 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Dernancourt/Ancre, Near Albert. "At 9 o'clock Lt Butters of the 41st Battery was wounded and Capt Martin while attempting to dress the wound was hit by a shell which killed them both". (C.E.W. Bean, Official War History). Gunner McKeon was with them but was only slightly wounded. Others nearby were killed, including Rankin of Bundaberg and Vic Webster (Brisbane).

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