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CONNELLY, John Joseph

Service Number:	1067
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
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
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
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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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Jane Connelly, 3 Stapleton Avenue, North Sydney, New South Wales