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MCDONNELL, Victor Peter
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 5716, 5116 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 31 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Marblestone, Taragoola, Queensland, Australia, 28 March 1887 |
| Home Town: | Calliope, Gladstone, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Marblestone State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Stockman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, often referred to simply as the Menin Gate, bears the names of more than 54,000 soldiers who died in Belgium and have no known grave. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Calliope War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 31 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5716 | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 5116, 15th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 5116, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement Private, 5716, 15th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5716 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-26 |
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