O'DONNELL, Hugh Brian
| Service Number: | 1393 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 November 1914, Helena Vale, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Boulder, Western Australia, 1 September 1898 |
| Home Town: | Kanowna, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 12 May 1915, aged 16 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Kanowna Honour Roll, Boulder Roll of Honor, Boulder Roll of Honour Board, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Helena Vale, Western Australia | |
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| 22 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1393, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1393, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Fremantle | |
| 7 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1393, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 12 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
WW1
The information provided has been published (2019) in the book titled "The Lost Boys" written by Paul Byrnes. Detailed information of Hugh O'Donnell is provided in pages 30 to 48 of this book.
Submitted 24 August 2022 by Maxwell HILL
Biography contributed by John Edwards
"O'DONNELL.- Killed in action, at Gallipoli, on 19th May, 1915, Private Hugh Brian' O'Donnell ("Hughie"), of Kanowna.
Australia called to her children,
Called them in honour's name;
He gave his life for ai answer,
That's how he played the game.
We know not the hour nor the minute;
But we only know too well,
That our dauntless lad, in khaki clad,
Now sleeps in the Dardanelles.
-Inserted by his sincere friends, Belle and Willie Mills, Kanowna.
O'DONNELL.- In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Hugh Brian, who was killed in action at Gaba Tepe; Dardanelles, May 19, 1915, 11th Battalion,3rd Brigade. (Our Hughie gave his young life for us all.)
Australia called to her children,
Called them in honour's name;
He gave his life for an answer,
That's how he played the game.
We know not the hour or the minute,
But we only know too well,
That our brave lad, in khaki clad,
Now sleeps in the Dardanelles.
-Inserted by his sorrowing mother, father and brother, L. J. and Roy O'Donnell, Kanowna." - from the Kalgoorlie Western Argus
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