Edward William O'DONNELL

O'DONNELL, Edward William

    Service Number: 2365
    Enlisted: 6 October 1915, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW
    Last Rank: Trooper
    Last Unit: 6th Light Horse Regiment
    Born: Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia, 1882
    Home Town: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Wheat Lumper
    Died: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 25 January 1954, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Wagga Wagga General (Monumental) Cemetery
    Roman Catholic 1 Row 29 Grave 2
    Memorials: Wagga Wagga Victory Memorial Arch
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    World War 1 Service

    6 Oct 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2365, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW
    3 May 1916: Involvement Private, 2365, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hymettus embarkation_ship_number: A1 public_note: ''
    3 May 1916: Embarked Private, 2365, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Hymettus, Sydney
    8 Nov 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Light Horse Training Regiment, From 6th Light Horse
    8 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 6th Light Horse Regiment, From 2nd Light Horse Training Regiemtn
    10 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 2365, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Edward William O'Donnell and Ellen O'Donnell of 'Yarragundry', Urana Road, Wagga Wagga, NSW.

    Commenced return to Australia on 23 December 1918 aboard HT Leicestershire disembarking on 22 January 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1938c Edward married Vera Janet Elsie Andrews in NSW

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