Connell, Peter Photo
Rank Private
Service # 880622
Unit # 43rd
Resident Chatham
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Private Peter Connell served twelve years with His Majesty’s Royal Artillery, the greater part of this time being spent in India. He received his discharge September 18th, 1894.

Private Peter Connell was transferred from the 186th. to the 122nd. Forestry Battalion March 21st, 1917, with which unit he went overseas, arriving in England June 11th, 1917. He crossed to France June 26th, 1917, with the 43rd. Company, Forestry Corps, and six months later was invalided to England suffering from sciatica and lumbago, thence to Canada October 9th, 1918.

Private Peter Connell received his discharge November 12th, 1918, being medically unfit for military service.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Sources IODE, Chatham Daily Planet (26-01-1918), Chatham Daily Planet (21-03-1918)
Height 5' 7 1/2''
Eye Colour Hazel
Age 53
Complexion Medium
Hair Dark Brown
Race White
Birthplace Dundee, Scotland
Religion Presbyterian
Last Place of Employment Canada Flour Mills, Chatham, Ontario.
Average Earnings $10.00 per week
Marital Status Married
Marriage Info September 4th, 1894, Devonport, England.
When Enlisted April 6th, 1916
Where Enlisted Chatham, Ontario
Allowance from Patriotic Fund $23. 00 per month
Next of Kin Wife- Mrs Susanna Connell, Chatham, Ontario. Children- Francis James Connell, C.E., Frederick S. Connell, 70th. Bn., Winnifred Lillian Connell, Victoria Alexander Connell, Charles John Connell.

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