Soldier profiles
Name : CONNELLY, NORMAN ALLAN
Service Number : VX56696
Date of Birth : 06/03/1923
Place of Birth : BEAUFORT, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 26/05/1941
Locality on Enlistment : COBURG, VIC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : CONNELLY, NORMAN
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 07/12/1945
Date Died : 25/11/1971
Age at Death : 48
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0018 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6110861 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Baptism certificate (G_CONNELLY_12), G_CONNELLY_2.jpg, G_CONNELLY_1.jpg, G_CONNELLY_8.jpg, G_CONNELLY_5.jpg, G_CONNELLY_6.jpg, G_CONNELLY_9.jpg, G_CONNELLY_13.jpg, Postcard sent home to Mum (G_CONNELLY_10), Scouts and survival Coburg newspaper article (G_CONNELLY_4), Discharge certificate (G_CONNELLY_3), Awarded medals (G_CONNELLY_7), Marriage certificate (G_CONNELLY_11), Submitted story
Background : Repatriated to Australia on the M.V. Highland Brigade.
Service & personal summary At discharge : 5 feet 6 inches, brown eyes, dark complexion, dark hair. Marks / scars : broken nose. Full time war service : A.I.F. 26/05/1941 to 07/12/1945 which included 1657 days active service (147 days within Australia & 1510 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East & Java. War badge no. A145621. Discharge certificate no. 314845.
