Forenames

John AWMM

Surname

Connery AWMM

Service number

• 8638 AWMM
• 4/1212A AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Ongaonga, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs P. Connery (mother), Dannevirke, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Dec 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• 8638 AWMM
• 4/1212A AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 13 or HMNZT 14 or HMNZT 15 AWMM Vessel was Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter AWMM Private AWMM Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM 2nd Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of misadventure AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Second Corporal AWMM
New Zealand Engineers AWMM

John Connery was the son of Patrick and Catherine Connery, of Wanganui, New Zealand.

Last rank was listed as Temporary 2nd Corporal

Father was named Paterick Connery. AWMM

Death

21 Nov 1916 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys, Pas de Calais, France AWMM II. G. 3. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20519379
  Further Reference
• New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 144
• Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.