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Jack Conolly

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Portrait of Major Jack Conolly, Auckland Weekly News, 30 September 1942. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19420930-18-12. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Major Jack Conolly, Auckland Weekly News, 30 September 1942. Auckland Libraries Heritage …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Jack AWMM
  • Surname
    Conolly AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 23076 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    15 August 1908 AWMM Waihi, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 C/o T.H. Howell, RD, Whakatane, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs B. Conolly (wife), C/o T H Howell, RD, Whakatane, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
    Wounded 21 July 1942 during attack on El Mreir Depression, North Africa AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Commanding Officer (CO) of 24 Infantry Battalion, 16 December 1942 - 5 February 1944; 20 March - 22 April 1944.

    Commissioned Brigadier and CO of 3 NZ Infantry Brigade, 1950.

    CO of 1 NZ Infantry Brigade, 1952.

    Commissioned Honorary Colonel RNZIR, 1967. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    1995 AWMM
    Age 86 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Bay of Plenty Times, 20 January 1995 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 96 AWMM
    • Haigh, J., Polaschek, A. (Eds.). (1993). New Zealand and the Distinguished Service Order. Christchurch, N.Z.: Authors. AWMM
    • Bay of Plenty Times AWMM
      Bay of Plenty Times, 20 January 1995 AWMM

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