Sydney MCCONNELL

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Service Number:	155
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 155, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 155, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 155, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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Address at the time of ennlistment was Waller Street, Redfern, NSW

Brother of Henry Charles Augustus McConnell of Muswellbrook NSW and Lily May McGuire nee McConnell of Redfern, NSW

Next of kin given as E. Jenkins of Alliance Hotel, Park Street, Sydney, NSW

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