Cornelius O'DONNELL

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Service Number:	2643
Enlisted:	3 October 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	36th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales Australia , 1879
Home Town:	Waratah, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electrician
Memorials:

3 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2643, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
9 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 2643, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 2643, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney
7 Aug 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2643, 36th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to chronic rheumatism

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Husband of Jane Celia O'Donnell nee Pace of Clara Street, North, Waratah, NSW. Cornelius and Jane married during 1905 in Sydney, NSW

Apprenticed with BHP C. Ltd. of Broken Hill, NSW for five years.

Commenced return to Australia on 12 May 1918 aboard HT Gaika disembarking on 5 July 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal