John O'DONNELL

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Service Number:	5484
Enlisted:	17 August 1915, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW.
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	1st Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Davenport, England, 1893
Home Town:	Forth, Devonport, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

17 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 5484, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW.
11 Oct 1915:	Involvement Gunner, 5484, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
11 Oct 1915:	Embarked Gunner, 5484, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
8 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 5484, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Wound to the side. Embarked for England 16 October 1917
3 Oct 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 5484, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Second occasion. Gassed.
12 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 5484, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to gassing

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Next of kin given as his uncle J Kelleher of Forthside North, Tasmania.

Commenced return to Australia on 2 January 1919 aboard HT Berrima disembarking on 17 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney by boat.

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

In 1924 John was residing in North QLD

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