Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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CONNELL, ELVIN OSWALD

Studio portrait of 3548 Private (Pte) Oswald Elvin Connell, 11th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion, of Wilmot, Tas, aged 22. Pte Connell enlisted on 6 August 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ascanius on 10 November 1915. He was killed in action on 24 April 1918 at Villers-Bretonneux, France, whilst serving with the 52nd Battalion.

Mr. M. R. Connell, Lower Wilmot, has received a letter in connection with the death in action in France of his youngest son, Sergeant O. E. Connell from Chaplain-Captain D. B. Blackwood, who writes: — 'I wish to convey to you the sincere sympathy of all officers and men of the brigade, and my own personal sympathy with you in the loss of your dear son, Sergeant 0. E. Connell. Ho took part in one of the greatest actions of the war, the retaking of Villers-Bretonneux, on April 24, 25, 1918. All did splendidly, going forward in the face of great machine gun fire, and secured a real victory. 1 trust that it will be some consolation to you to feel that he took part in and helped to secure such an important success. I pray that the Divine comfort of our dear Lord may rest with you and yours and that you may find His peace and strength in. this great loss. We were able to give him a decent burial on the battlefield, and a memorial is being erected near the place. He had got nearly to the front of the advance.

The North Western Advocate 8^th August 1918

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