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O'DONOHUE, John Thomas Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3398 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 October 1916, Enlisted at Longreach, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Emerald, Queensland, Australia, 20 December 1889 |
| Home Town: | Barcaldine, Barcaldine, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Lutwyche, Queensland, Australia, 11 October 1958, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Nudgee Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane A3-11-09 interred on 13 October 1958 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Barcaldine War Memorial Clock Tower |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3398, 47th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Longreach, QLD | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3398, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3398, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Imprisoned Taken while reported to be wounded. Interned in Bavaria, Germany. Repatriated to England arriving on 8 December 1918 | |
| 8 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3398, 47th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John O'Donohue and Ellen Nora O'Donohue nee Hickey of Emerald, QLD.
Next of kin given as his sister Kate Edwards of Ash Street, Barcaldine, QLD.
Between 16 June 1919 and 21 July 1919 he had leave with pay to gain wool experience with the S. Wolsley Shearing Machine Company of Birmingham, England.
Commenced return to Australia on 8 September 1919 aboard HT Raranga disembarking on 29 October 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal