Michael Connolly

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
270588
Unit at enlistment: 
215th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
August 10th, 1918
Cemetery: 
Vimy Memorial - Pas de Calais, France
Commemorated at: 
Sacred Heart Church (Paris), Paris Roman Catholic Cemetery Memorial Pillar
Birth country: 
Ireland
Birth county: 
Tyrone
Birth city: 
Plumbridge
Address at enlistment: 
Paris, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
Plumbridge, County Tyrone, Ireland
Trade or calling: 
Farmer
Religious denominations: 
Roman Catholic
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
23

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action. Was with his Battalion holding the line, after an advance, at the railway embankment near the village of Hallu, about 10 a.m. on August 10th 1918, when he was hit in the forehead by an enemy bullet and instantly killed.