Laurence Raymond CONNELL

Regimental number10/3516
Date of birth15 February 1886
Place of birthAuckland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
Height5' 6.5"
Weight161 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs C Connell, c/o R Capper, Gibson Street, Wanganui
Previous military serviceServed in Senior Cadets; at time of NZEF enlistment was serving in the Territorial Force.
Enlistment date19 October 1915
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankSergeant
Final unit2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 21 July 1917
Discharge date26 November 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Disembarked Suez, 12 February 1916. Joined 2nd Bn, Wellington Infantry Regiment, Ismailia, and reverted to ranks, 7 March 1916.

Appointed Temporary Sergeant, 13 March 1916; promoted Sergeant, 13 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria for France, 9 April 1916.

Wounded in action, 16 September 1916 (gun shot wound, right hip); admitted to 23rd General Hospital, Etaples, 18 September 1916; transferred to England, 24 September 1916, and admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 25 September 1916; discharged to duty as Base Detail at No 2 NZ General Hospital, 6 January 1917.

Admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 8 February 1917 (cardiac trouble); transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 21 March 1917.

Classified unfit for War Service and placed on NZ Roll.

Detached to Discharge Depot, Torquay, 26 May 1917.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board 'Arawa', 21 July 1917; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service), 26 November 1917.

Total war service: 2 years 39 days (of which 1 year 260 days were abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death21 November 1918 Wanganui
Age at death32
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 18
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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