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Coningsby E H   Pte  6479

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Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

 

Coningsby E H     Pte    6479    Edward Henry         7 Inf Bn    29    Salesman    Married    Meth        

Address:    Ascot Vale, Maribyrnong Rd, 399    

Next of Kin:    Conningsby, Selina Eleanor, Mrs, wife, 399 Maribyrnong Rd, Ascot Vale    

                                                                                          234 Maribyrnog Rd, Ascot Vale

Enlisted:    31 Jan 1916        

Embarked:     A71 Nestor 2 Oct 1916    

 

Relatives on Active Service:

Coningsby R H Pte 1157 brother 

McLean J W-Pte-736 brother in law DOI

Lee W Lt brother in law

 

Date of Death: 23/08/1918

CWGC: "Son of Robert William and Beatrice Coningsby; husband of Selina E. Coningsby, of 187, Maribyrnong Rd., Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia. Born at Richmond, Victoria".

HEATH CEMETERY, HARBONNIERES

 

Extracts from the Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiries Bureau Correspondence.

 

Conningsby belonged to C Co.  He came over from Australia on the "Nestor" with the 21st Reinforcements. He was killed about 5 am on August 23 by a piece of shell near Proyart on the Somme.  Among those who witnessed it were L/Cpl King 5701 C Co, and Sgt Lewis of C Co.  Both these have come through all right.  Conningsby was buried in St Martin's Wood near Proyart.  
Reference: E S Grant 6503 C Co
No 12 General, Rouen, 2-1-19

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He was my Company Clerk, and was with me when he was killed by shell fire on 23rd August close by Proyart Railway Station.  We were supporting the 5th Battalion in an attack and were about 1000 yards behind the front line.  It was about 5 am.  He was the last casualty of the day in our Company.  He was hit just above the right hip and died soon after.  I wrote a letter to his brother giving full details.  
Informant - Capt H J Knight
7th Battalion AIF

 

http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1042098--1-.PDF

 

Pte. E. H. Coningsby, 7th Battalion, whose relatives reside at "Franzac", Maribyrnong road, Ascot Vale, was killed in action in France, on 23rd August. His brothers-in-law, Lt. W Lee and Bdr J McLean, are both on active service.

  

ROLL OF HONOR. (1918, September 12). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Morning. Retrieved August 11, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74607124

 

 

Mentioned in this correspondence

Made a statement relating to the death of Morgan W J Pte 2208

 

War Service Commemorated

Essendon Town Hall A-F                         

Moonee Ponds West Methodist Church*                                                                        

Moonee Ponds West Methodist*                                                                                            

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours

 

In Memoriam

 

CONINGSBY.-Killed in action in France on  
August 23, 1918, 6479, Pte. Edward Henry, be-
loved eldest brother of Althea and Hilda;  
brother-in-law of Lieut. W. Lee and Bdr. J.
McLean (both on active service).
Better a hero's grave in France
Than a shirker's grave at home.    
Manly, unselfish, and brave.
-(Inserted by his sorrowing sisters, A. B. Lee
and H. F. McLean, "Franzac" Maribyrnong
road, Ascotvale.)

 

Family Notices (1918, September 5). The Argus

(Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 1.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1406702

 

CONINGSBY -In memory of my dear brother

Pte Edward (Ted) Coningsby, 7th Batt ,

killed in action in France, 23rd August, 1918

He died doing his duty 

-(Inserted by his sorrowing sister, Althea Lee)

 

CONINGSBY-In loving memory of my dear

brother, Ted, killed in action in France, 23rd

August, 1918

Sleep on dear brother, in that far-off grave,

Your life for your country you bravely gave

-(Inserted by his loving sister, Hilda McLean)

The Argus 23 August 1919 

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4701994 

 

CONINGSBY.-In loving memory of my dear

brother, Pte. E. H Coningsby, late 7th Btn.,

killed in action at Proyart, 23/8/19 [sic]; buried

Heath Cemetery.

For God and country.

-(Inserted by his loving sister, A. B. Lee.)

The Argus 23 August 1920

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4588461

 

CONINGSBY.- ln loving memory of our dearly

loved eldest son, Edward Henry (Ted), 7th

Battalion, killed in action in France on August

23, 1918.

Greater love hath, no man than this, that he

lay down his life for his friends.

The Argus 23 August 1924

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4163621

 

 

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