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Herbert Isaac CONNOLLY

Regimental number1674
Place of birthMortlake, New South Wales
SchoolKogarah Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressMortlake, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, J Connolly, Seventh Avenue, Campsie, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Military
Enlistment date27 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name19th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/36/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A61 Kanowna on 19 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll19th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 14 November 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialWarlencourt British Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row A, Grave No. 24), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
88
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Elizabeth Ann CONNOLLY, 'Lochinvar', 7th Avenue, Campsie, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 3779 Pte Roy CONNOLLY, 19th Bn, returned to Australia, 16 October 1916; 1673 Pte Alfred John CONNOLLY, 19th Bn, returned to Australia, 12 April 1916; 5993 Pte Arthur Charles CONNOLLY, 13th Bn, returned to Australia, 11 May 1919.

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