CONNELL, John
| Service Number: | 402 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 January 1916, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Balaklava, South Australia, 8 December 1873 |
| Home Town: | Waratah West, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Hit By Shell In Billet, Villers-Bretonneux, France, 3 April 1918, aged 44 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Waratah Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 402, 35th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 402, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 402, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 11 May 1916: | Promoted Lance Corporal, 35th Infantry Battalion, In the field | |
| 12 Jul 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 35th Infantry Battalion, In the field | |
| 3 Apr 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 402, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 402 awm_unit: 35th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-04-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of Peter Connell and Elizabeth (nee Graham) Connell; husband of Elsie Gertrude Connell of Young Road, Lambton, NSW. Last known address was 95 Sunderland Street, Mayfield, NSW
Father of Rance Connell and Leonard Connell
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
103 years ago today, on the 3rd April 1918, Corporal John Connell, 35th Battalion (Reg No-402), carpenter from Springfield, North Waratah, New South Wales, father of two (John James Rance, died 1977, district unknown, and Leonard), was Killed in Action by a shell burst at Villers-Bretonneux, France, age 44.
Born at Balaklava, Adelaide, South Australia on the 8th December 1873 to Peter and Elizabeth Connell nee Graham; husband of Elsie Gertrude Connell nee Robinson (married 1905, Broken Hill, N.S.W., died 1926, sleeping here) of Toronto, N.S.W. and Young Road, Lambton, N.S.W. and 95 Sunderland Street, Mayfield, N.S.W., John enlisted January 1916 at Rutherford, N.S.W.
John’s name has been inscribed on the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France.
Mr Connell has been remembered on the Waratah Park Memorial Gates, Waratah Loyal Rose of Australia Lodge-Manchester Unity Roll of Honour (unveiled on the 4th February 1919, 11 names inscribed, 2 Fallen, whereabouts unknown) and The Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Name could possibly have been inscribed on the Newcastle Progressive Carpenters & Joiners Roll of Honour (whereabouts unknown).
The gravesite for John’s wife Elsie is deteriorating (lead lettering has almost disappeared), so I have placed poppies in remembrance of her husband’s supreme sacrifice for God, King and Country. PRESBYTERIAN-6NW. 25.
Lest We Forget.
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