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Connell W J Bugler 520

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Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Connell W J Bugler 520 William Joseph 7 Inf Bn 34 Jeweller Married R C

Address: Moonee Ponds, Lamb St, 8

Next of Kin: Connell, George, father, Robsant St, Parkside, SA

Enlisted: 17 Aug 1914

Embarked: A20 Hororata 19 Oct 1914

Prior service: 12 years South Australian Citizen Forces

Connell W J A/g Cpl R520 William Joseph 7 Inf Bn 34 Jeweller Married C of E

Address: Moonee Ponds, Lamb St, 8

Next of Kin: Connell, Margaret, Mrs, wife, 8 Lamb St, Moonee Ponds.

Enlisted: 17 Aug 1914

Embarked: A33 Ayrshire 3 Jul 1916

Essendon Gazette 1 July 1915

Corporal Bugler W. J. Connell (wounded) is a son of Lieutenant-Quartermaster G. Connell, of Parkside, South Australia, who for 25 years held the position of drill instructor on the permanent staff of the S.A.M.F. Corporal Connell was corporal bugler of the Irish corps from its formation. Corporal Connell was a married man, and resided with his wife and child at Lamb street, Moonee Ponds.

Played at an Anzac Day commemoration at Kensington State School 1916

Corporal Bugler W. J. Connell, of Moonee Ponds, who was severely wounded in the landing at Gallipoli, and was invalided home last July, having sufficiently recovered from his wounds, has left Melbourne again to rejoin his old unit - the 7th Battalion - at the front.

No Title. (1916, July 13). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 5 Edition: Morning.. Retrieved February 2, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74593429