CONNELL, Geoffrey Charles
| Service Number: | 90955 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Reception / Reinforcements / Personnel Depots |
| Born: | 11 September 1892, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Murwillumbah, Tweed, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Wagga Wagga, NSW, 24 March 1966, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, 90955, Reception / Reinforcements / Personnel Depots |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From: In Remembrance: Hungerford and Associated Families in the Great War 1914-1918
Pte Geoffrey Charles CONNELL
Regimental Number: N90955
Unit Name: D Company, Composite Battalion (Reinforcements)
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Farmer
Address: Murwillumbah, NSW
Age: 25 years and 9 months
Enlistment Date and Place: 13 June 1918, Murwillumbah, NSW
Next of Kin: Father, Harry Horace Connell, Court House, North Sydney, NSW
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Demobilization details: 19 November 1918
War Service/Promotions: Discharged in consequence of expiration of period of enlistment.
Fate: He married Reba Kathleen Grieve, 7 July 1920, St Matthew's Church, Albury, NSW.
Place of Death: 24 March 1966, Base Hospital, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Place of Cremation: Northern Suburbs Crematorium, North Ryde, NSW
War Memorial/Honour Roll: St Johns Anglican Church, Beecroft, NSW; Roseville War Memorial, Roseville, NSW
The following is quoted from: Facing the Foe - War Service of Shore Old Boys in the First 50 Years by Robert Peterson
'GC Connell, who was in the Officers' Training School at Liverpool had, owing to a slight operation to the leg, been transferred to the ranks and was now to take things easy for a time.'
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