Patrick O'DONNELL

O'DONNELL, Patrick

    Service Number: 4347
    Enlisted: 17 July 1915, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Tralee, Ireland, 1 January 1881
    Home Town: Not yet discovered
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Hairdresser
    Died: 18 November 1929, aged 48 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Dunolly Public Cemetery
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4347, 8th Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria
    29 Dec 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4347, 8th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A64' Demosthenes from Melbourne on 29th December 1915, disembarking Egypt. Prior to sailing Private O'Donnell attended AIF Signal School from 28th November 1915 until 20th December 1915.
    29 Mar 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4347, 8th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on SS Transylvania from Alexandria, Egypt on 29th March 1916, disembarking Marseilles, France on 4th April 1916.
    20 Jul 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion
    23 Aug 1916: Imprisoned Private O'Donnell was wounded and captured at Pozieres, France, on 23rd August 1916 and held as a POW in Germany and interred at Lazarett Ohdruf.i.Thur, then Langensalza, Cassel then Soltau, Hannover and finally Austausch Constance Baden. Transferred to Hotel Edelweiss, Murren Switzerland, on 27th November 1917. Pte O'Donnell was repatriated to England on 5th March 1918. During his imprisonment he tried to escape a number of times but was recaptured and confined to solitary confinement which affected his health.
    23 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4347, 8th Infantry Battalion, Bullet wound to left leg
    8 Nov 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4347, 8th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HT Gaika from England on 8th November 1918, disembarking Melbourne on 29th December 1918.
    13 Feb 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4347, 8th Infantry Battalion

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    Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

    Australian War Memorial also has a Prisoner of war statements, 1914-18 War from 4347 Private P O'DONNELL which as at 16th April 2019 had not been digitised.

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