Peter Joseph O'DONOGHUE

O'DONOGHUE, Peter Joseph

    Service Number: 4261
    Enlisted: 1 September 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 9th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Galway, Ireland, 1880
    Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Cook
    Died: Queensland, Australia, 17 August 1958, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Nambour (old) General Cemetery, Qld
    Memorials: Bruce WW1 & WW2 Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    1 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4261, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
    3 Jan 1916: Involvement Private, 4261, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
    3 Jan 1916: Embarked Private, 4261, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
    23 Jul 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4261, 9th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the buttock. Embarked for England on 26 July 1916 aboard HS Asturias
    24 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4261, 9th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the hand. Invalided to England on 27 April 1918
    26 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4261, 9th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of John O'Donoghue and Julia O'Donoghue nee Cullinane of Galway, Ireland.

    Next of kin given as his sister Julia O'Donoghue C/- Mrs Donovan of Victoria Street, North Potts Point Sydney, NSW.

    Commenced return to Australia on 12 May 1919 aboard HT Soudan disembarking on 31 June 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    On 11 April 1934 Peter married Dorothy Olive Rendle in QLD.

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