CONNELLY, Percy Francis
| Service Number: | 3144 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 November 1916, Enlisted at Mackay, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Bangalow, Byron Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Goulburn Public School, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Bronchical Pneumonia, Military Hospital, Codford, England, United Kingdom, 19 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Codford St. Mary (St. Mary) New Churchyard, Wiltshire, England Grave 82 Chaplain Captain Robinson officiated Undertaker was R. Butcher & Son of Warminster, Wiltshire, Codford St Mary (St Mary) New Churchyard, Codford, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mackay Old Town Hall Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3144, 49th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Mackay, QLD | |
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| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 3144, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 3144, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney |
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 19th March…… Percy Francis Connelly was born at Goulburn, New South Wales in 1892.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 2nd November, 1916 at Mackay, Queensland as a 24 year old, single, Labourer from Bangalow, Richmond River, NSW.
Private Percy Francis Connelly, Service number 3144, embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on HMAT Demosthenes (A64) on 23rd December, 1916 with the 49th Infantry Battalion, 8th Reinforcements & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 3rd March, 1917.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. These were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
On 4th March, 1917 Private Connelly was marched in to 13th Training Battalion at Codford, Wiltshire from Australia. He was admitted sick to New Zealand Hospital on 15th March, 1917 (date as per Casualty Form – Active Service, however the Statement of Service form recorded he was admitted on 13th March, 1917)
Private Percy Francis Connelly died at 4.10 a.m. on 19th March, 1917 at No. 3 New Zealand Military Hospital, Codford, Wiltshire of Broncho-Pneumonia.
He was buried in St. Mary’s New Churchyard, Codford, Wiltshire, England where 31 Australian WW1 War Graves & 66 WW1 New Zealand Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/codford---st-marys.html
Submitted 19 March 2023 by Cathy Sedgwick
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Francis Connelly of Bangalow, Richmond River, NSW
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland"
Died on this date – 19th March…… Percy Francis Connelly was born at Goulburn, New South Wales in 1892.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 2nd November, 1916 at Mackay, Queensland as a 24 year old, single, Labourer from Bangalow, Richmond River, NSW.
Private Percy Francis Connelly, Service number 3144, embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on HMAT Demosthenes (A64) on 23rd December, 1916 with the 49th Infantry Battalion, 8th Reinforcements & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 3rd March, 1917.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. These were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
On 4th March, 1917 Private Connelly was marched in to 13th Training Battalion at Codford, Wiltshire from Australia. He was admitted sick to New Zealand Hospital on 15th March, 1917 (date as per Casualty Form – Active Service, however the Statement of Service form recorded he was admitted on 13th March, 1917)
Private Percy Francis Connelly died at 4.10 a.m. on 19th March, 1917 at No. 3 New Zealand Military Hospital, Codford, Wiltshire of Broncho-Pneumonia.
He was buried in St. Mary’s New Churchyard, Codford, Wiltshire, England where 31 Australian WW1 War Graves & 66 WW1 New Zealand Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/codford---st-marys.html
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