Clive Emerson CONNELLY

CONNELLY, Clive Emerson

Service Number: Officer
Enlisted: 9 October 1914, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Captain
Last Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion
Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 29 May 1885
Home Town: Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling: Bendigo Grammar School and Carlton Grammar School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Barrister-at-law
Died: Killed In Action, Gallipoli, 28 August 1915, aged 30 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Hampton RSL Gallipoli Memorial Gardens, Law Institute of Victoria, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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World War 1 Service

9 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, 14th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria
22 Dec 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1,

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22 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
2 May 1915: Wounded Captain, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bayonet wound (leg)
28 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography

"...Captain Clive Emerson Connelly, 14th Battalion from Hampton, Victoria. A 29 year old barrister and solicitor prior to being appointed Captain in the AIF on 9 October 1914, he embarked for overseas with D Company from Melbourne on 22 December 1914 aboard HMAT Ulysses. He was wounded in action at Gallipoli on 2 May 1915 and evacuated for medical treatment. Three days after returning to Gallipoli, he was killed in action near Hill 60 on 27 August 1915 and is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli. His only brother, Major Eric Winfield Connelly DSO, 3rd Australian Division Headquarters died of wounds in France on 9 September 1918." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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