O'DONAHOO, Alan Kemp
| Service Number: | 3443 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 July 1915, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 26 May 1899 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia, 29 December 1980, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3443, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3443, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3443, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 26 Dec 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 3443, 7th Infantry Battalion, Gassed. Embarked for England on the 31 December 1917 aboard HS Princess Elizabeth | |
| 29 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 3443, 7th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to gassing |
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Son of Herbert Graham O'Donahoo and Agnes Ochterlong O'Donahoo nee Kemp of Breen Street, Bendigo, Victoria.
Brother of Robert Raymond O'Donahoo who returned to Australia on 19 June 1918 having served with the 14th Battalion; Arthur Herbert Graham O'Donahoo who was killed in action on 10 August 1915 while serving with the 6th Battalion and is buried in the Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Plot 11, Row A, Grave 63.
Commenced return to Australia on 12 March 1918 aboard HT Field Marshall disembarking on 22 May 1918
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Husband of Vera O'Donahoo nee Long. Alan and Vera married during 1926c in Victoria