John Caldwell O'Connell

Gunner

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Arthur John O'Connell, and of Frances Mary O'Connell (nee Quinn), of Wellington City; husband of Winnifred Isabella Kerr O'Connell, of Lower Hutt.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"Severe head injuries from which he died almost immediately were suffered by John Caldwell O'Connell, soldier, married, with three children, of Haywards Terrace, Lower Hutt, in a collision between the bicycle he was riding and a motor-lorry at the corner of White's Line East and Hawkins Street at 4.45 p.m. yesterday."

[Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 51, 28 August 1943, Page 5]

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Casualty

Service Number:

493845

Name:

John Caldwell O'Connell

Rank:

Gunner

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

New Zealand Artillery

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Motor vehicle Accident

Date of Death:

27 August 1943

Day of Death:

Friday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Wellington (Karori) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

267. S.R.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand