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Laurence Raymond Connell

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 21), Page: 18 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Laurence Raymond AWMM
  • Surname
    Connell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Lawrence Raymond Connell AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 10/3516 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    • 15 February 1886 AWMM
    • 15 February 1886 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs C. Connell (mother), care of R. Capper, Gibson Street, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 10/3516 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Carpenter/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
      Died of pneumonia AWMM
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 6.5" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      161 lb AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Laurence Connell was the son of James Michael and Caroline Rosa Connell (nee Steele); husband of Minnie M. Connell (formerly Tait), of Skeet Rd., Auroa, New Plymouth, New Zealand. Born at Auckland.

    Disembarked Suez, 12 February 1916. Joined 2nd Bn, Wellington Infantry Regiment, Ismailia, and reverted to ranks, 7 March 1916.
    Appointed Temporary Sergeant, 13 March 1916; promoted Sergeant, 13 March 1916.
    Embarked Alexandria for France, 9 April 1916.
    Wounded in action, 16 September 1916 (gun shot wound, right hip); admitted to 23rd General Hospital, Etaples, 18 September 1916; transferred to England, 24 September 1916, and admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 25 September 1916; discharged to duty as Base Detail at No 2 NZ General Hospital, 6 January 1917.
    Admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 8 February 1917 (cardiac trouble); transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 21 March 1917.
    Classified unfit for War Service and placed on NZ Roll.
    Detached to Discharge Depot, Torquay, 26 May 1917.
    Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board 'Arawa', 21 July 1917; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service), 26 November 1917.
    Total war service: 2 years 39 days (of which 1 year 260 days were abroad) AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    21 November 1918 AWMM
    Age 33 AWMM
    Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Sickness AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Aramoho Cemetery, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM A.9.538. AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

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