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CONNOLLY, John William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4466 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 7 August 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Warrnambool Soldiers' Memorial, Warrnambool Woollen Mill Honor Roll, Warrnambool Woollen Mill War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 4466, 14th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 4466, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Andreena Hockley
CORPL. J. W. CONNELLY.
Mrs. Connolly, of Clifton Hill has received notification that her son, Corporal J. W. Connolly, was badly wounded at Posieres and died three hours afterwards at the dressing station. He enlisted on 16th July, 1915, landing in France in June, 1916. He was a popular employee at the Warrnambool Woollen Mill before enlisting, and his death will be deeply regretted by a large number of Warrnambool friends.
Source: The Warrnambool Standard, 17/5/1917. (Page 4).