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MCCONNELL, Robert
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 3517, 4015 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 July 1915, Enlisted Benalla on 17July 1915 re-examined Melbourne allocated to 12th reinforcement’s 6th Battalion on 22 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Delatite, Victoria, Australia, January 1894 |
| Home Town: | Mansfield, Mansfield, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Delatite State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Natural Causes , 11 January 1949, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
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World War 1 Service
| 27 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3517, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Benalla on 17July 1915 re-examined Melbourne allocated to 12th reinforcement’s 6th Battalion on 22 November 1915 | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 6th Field Company Engineers, Allocated to reinforce 6th Field Company Engineers from the period 18 November to 22 November 1915 Embarkation Roll noted to above Unit | |
| 24 Nov 1915: | Involvement Sapper, 3517, 6th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Nov 1915: | Embarked Sapper, 3517, 6th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 4 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Miscellaneous Hospitals - WW1, Admitted Mumps on 4th March 1916 to 4th Auxiliary Hospital Cairo for convalescence and treatment | |
| 8 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, AIF Depot, Transferred to AIF Reserve Brigade Zeitoun ,reallocated to reinforce Units in France ,sent to 1st Australian Infantry Base Depot Le Havre France for duty on 23rd June 1916. | |
| 23 Jun 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the Battalion in the field France reallocated Service Number 4015 | |
| 28 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from 6th Battalion to the 8th Infantry Battalion in the field Belgium | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4015, 8th Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wound back evacuated to England for treatment and convalescence | |
| 6 May 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the Battalion in the Field France | |
| 23 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4015, 8th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens, Wounded in Action France Gassed severe evacuated to England for treatment and convalescence | |
| 17 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4015, 8th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne medically unfit Gassed and Contusion Back Pay Reconciliation as 4015 McConnell 8th Battalion late 3517 Sapper 6th Field Engineers |
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