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Rank Private
Service # 123207
Unit # 70th
Resident Tilbury
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Private Connell went overseas with the 70th battalion Mar. 23, 1916 training about three months in England when he proceeded to France drafted to the Machine Gun Section of the 58th battalion.

He was reported Missing after the Battle of the Somme Sept. 17, 1917.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Cenotaph Chatham and Kent County Cenotaph - Chatham
Sources Chatham Daily Planet (28-10-1916), Chatham Daily Planet (07-07-1917), Chatham Daily Planet (09-07-1917), Chatham Daily Planet (27-09-1919)
Supplemental Information Father: Pte. Peter Connell, 122nd CFC Mother: Mrs. Susanna Connell, Chatham Brothers: Francis James, CE, Charles John Sisters: Winnifred L., Victoria Alexander
Height 5'8"
Eye Colour blue
Age 18
Complexion fair
Hair fair
Race white
Birthplace Devonport, England
Religion Prebysterian
Last Place of Employment Mr. Morgan, Plasterer, Chatham
Average Earnings 10/wk
Marital Status single
When Enlisted Sept. 8, 1915
Where Enlisted Chatham, Ontario

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