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John Alexander CONNELL

Regimental number2209
Place of birthMetcalfe, Victoria
SchoolMetcalfe State School
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressMetcalfe PO, Metcalfe, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, John Connell, Metcalfe PO, Metcalfe, Victoria
Previous military service66th Infantry
Enlistment date31 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 2, Brigade Ammunition Column
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/30/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A27 Southern on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 12 October 1917
Place of death or woundingnear Ypres, Belgium
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialMenin Road South Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row M, Grave No. 8), Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
11
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Catherine C0NNELL, Metcalfe, Victoria
Family/military connectionsCousin: 17 Driver Daniel Walter CONNELL MSM, 24th Bn, returned to Australia, 20 June 1919.

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