CONNELLY, John Joseph
| Service Number: | 1067 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 September 1914, Rosebery Park Camp, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1885 |
| Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Convent School Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Sleeper Cutter |
| Died: | Killed in action, Gallipoli, 2 May 1915, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grenfell Great War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1067, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Rosebery Park Camp, New South Wales | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1067, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 1067, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Jane Connelly, 3 Stapleton Avenue, North Sydney, New South Wales
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
John Joseph Connelly was the eldest son of Richard Peter and Jane Connelly, born and raised in Grenfell, New South Wales. Four of his younger brothers also enlisted in the AIF and his father, a well-known Grenfell farmer, served as a munitions worker.
His brother, 87 Trooper Richard Peter Connelly 7th Australian Light Horse, later died of Gallipoli wounds in Egypt on 21 August 1915, aged 23.
Another brother served at Gallipoli, 83 Pte. William James Connelly, also of the 7th Light Horse Regiment and returned to Australia in 1918.
These three brothers all enlisted in 1914, and two other brothers who enlisted later returned to Australia safely.
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