Hugh Roy O'DONNELL

O'DONNELL, Hugh Roy

    Service Number: 3566
    Enlisted: 27 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW. Previously issued with number 3436 but was changed prior to embarkation reason not known
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 45th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
    Home Town: Cooma, Cooma-Monaro, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Drover
    Died: Due to war service, Mater Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1 February 1947
    Cemetery: Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW
    Roman Catholic FM 21, Grave 1564
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    World War 1 Service

    27 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3566, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW. Previously issued with number 3436 but was changed prior to embarkation reason not known
    13 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 3566, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
    13 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 3566, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Sydney
    6 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion , From 13th Baattalion
    4 Jun 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3566, 45th Infantry Battalion , Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to pulmonary fibrosis

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of William Francis O'Donnell and Mary O'Donnell of Cooma, NSW.

    Commenced return to Australia on 10 January 1918 aboard HT Corinthic disembarking on 7 March 1918 then transhipped ot HT Port Darwin on 4 May 1918 for onward travel to Sydney.

    Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1924c Hugh married Kathleen Mary Scott in  NSW

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