CONNELLY, Clive Emerson
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| 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 |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, 14th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' |
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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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"...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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