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WWI Victory Medal named to: 282196 PTE. W. J. CONNOLLY. 85-CAN. INF.
Walter James Connolly was born in Montreal, Quebec. He was living in Halifax, Nova Scotia and working as a banker when he joined the 219th Battaion, CEF in March, 1916. Transferred to the 85th Battalion, he served in France and Flanders with the battalion from April, 1917. He was wounded in October, 1917.
