CONNOR, Guy Sydney
| Service Number: | 1747 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 September 1916, Kiama, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps |
| Born: | Waverley, New South Wales, Australia, July 1894 |
| Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Fort Street High School |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Palestine, 19 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Jerusalem Memorial, Manly War Memorial NSW |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1747, Kiama, New South Wales | |
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| 12 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1747, Camel Corps, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Dec 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1747, Camel Corps, HMAT Medic, Sydney | |
| 19 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 1747, 1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, Battles of Gaza , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1747 awm_unit: 1 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1917-04-19 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Christina C. Biddle (formerly Connor), of "Somerset," Sydney St., Manly, New South Wales, and the late Angus Connor.
Trooper Guy Sydney Connor, youngest son of Mrs. J. W. Biddle, of Manly, was killed in action on April 19. He was 19 years of age. A brother of the deceased, Corporal C. Connor, was wounded in Gallipoli, and is now in England.
Mrs. Connor, of Sydney, has received a letter from Brigadier General Ryrie, containing a report by the soldier who was with Private Guy Connor (brother of Mrs. Mountcastle, of Cooma), when he met his death in Egypt.
Private W. L. Barry, of the Australian Flying Corps, attached to the'Tank' which was in the fighting of the 19th April in conjunction with the No. 2 Imperial Camel Corps, writes:—
“Pte Connor and I were the last two men left with the machine Gun on the last ridge in front of the Redoubt. We were ordered to retire and while doing so a high explosive shell burst behind Pte. Connor. He was wounded so badly in the back that I considered it impossible for him to have lived many minutes, more especially as he was at the time under intense artillery and machine gun fire. He was so close to the Redoubt that it was impossible for the stretcher bearers to reach him.”
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