Edwin Tennyson CONOLLY

Regimental number13/983a
Date of birth9 September 1874
Place of birthPicton
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
AddressWhakatane, Bay of Plenty
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation39
Height5' 7"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Elizabeth Conolly, Paeroa, Thames
Previous military serviceServed for 2 years in Marlborough Mounted Rifles Regiment; resigned; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date23 December 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Auckland Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankTrooper
Final unitAuckland Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records42
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 2), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edwin Tennyson Conolly and Emily Conolly, Auckland; Wife: Mary E Conolly, Hill Street, Paeroa
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Posted to unit, Gallipoli, 30 June 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Zeitoun Camp, 14 January 1916, concluded: 'Every reason to believe dead, Dardanelles, 8 August 1915.'

War service: 229 days (of which 176 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Mounted Rifles/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21896723

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