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CONNOLLY, Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2249 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 December 1914, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Motor Transport Company |
| Born: | Standish, England, United Kingdom, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 15 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Plot X, Row F, Grave 1, Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2249, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 2249, Motor Drivers, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 2249, Motor Drivers, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
| 15 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 2249, 2nd Motor Transport Company, "The Last Hundred Days" |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Dorothy Helen (nee Martlew)Connolly of Harrogate, Yorkeshire. Edward and Dorothy were married on 26 July 1916 in the Hampstead Registry Office, London. Herbert E. Bridger officiated.
His named on the marriage certificate appears as Edward Henry Connolly
Brother of Nellie Walmsley of 81 Pilling Lane, Chorkey, England
12 April 1917 - charged with driving a motor lorry at a speed of 144 miles an hour. Fined 2 days pay
Cause of death was multiple shell wounds
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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