James Edward O'DRISCOLL

O'DRISCOLL, James Edward

    Service Numbers: 1409, 1407
    Enlisted: 21 December 1914, Enlisted at Seymour, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 69th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    Born: South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1881
    Home Town: South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: New South Wales, Australia, 1959, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Tweed Heads Lawn Cemetery
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    World War 1 Service

    21 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1409, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Seymour, Victoria
    13 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 1409, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
    13 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 1409, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Brisbane
    23 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 69th Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 9th Battalion
    8 Apr 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1407, 69th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of William O'Driscoll and Hannah O'Driscoll nee Walsh of South Melbourne, Victoria.

    Next of kin given as his sister Hannah O'Driscoll of Munster Arms Hotel, Moray Street, South Melbourne, Victoria

    Commenced return to Australia on 11 January 1918 aboard HT Port Darwin disembarking on 14 March 1918

    Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1918c James married Catherine Agatha (Kate) Gordon

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