Geoffrey Charles CONNELL

CONNELL, Geoffrey Charles

Service Number: 90955
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
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World War 1 Service

Date unknown: Involvement Private, 90955, Reception / Reinforcements / Personnel Depots

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Biography 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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