Michael Connolly

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

270588

Unit at enlistment:

215th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

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:

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Circumstances of service: Killed

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.