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CONNELLY, Leonard William
(Service number 12015)

Aliases
First Rank	Sapper	Last Rank

Birth

Date	23/10/1892	Place of Birth	Dunedin

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Peel Forest, via Rangitat
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	William CONNELLY (father), Winchester, South Canterbury
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Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	12th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Engineers, Field Troop
Date	1 May 1916
Transport	Ulimaroa
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

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Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	*1970	Age
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New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Leonard William Connelly was the only son of William and Julia Augusta (née Morton) Connelly. Born in Dunedin on 23 October 1892, Leonard attended Waimataitai and Temuka schhools. He married Pansy Winifred Parke on 24 March 1920 at St Peter's Church, Temuka.

Sources

Auckland War Mmeorial Museum Cenotaph Database [13 January 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [13 January 2017]

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